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Aubrey Bradley had always wanted to fly, but had never been in an airplane before he entered the Army Air Corps. His...

[Annotator's Note: Martin Richard's Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber was hit by antiaircraft fire near Caen,...

Dabney Montgomery arrived in Bari, Italy in January 1944. It was the day after a heavy German bombardment. There were...

Returning from overseas where he had been in charge of Air Force maintenance instructors, Eben Smith recaps...

Jack Sinise got hit a number of times [Annotator's Note: as a navigator aboard Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was drafted and sworn into the army in July 1942. After taking aptitude tests, he was...

Henry Lederer says the crosshair gun sight they used was horse and buggy compared to what they have today. They knew...

Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force out of...

Frank Finklang's first combat mission was to bomb Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany], however the weather was...

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: stationed in England with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group,...

Lewis Thomas Easterling remarked that his fighter group [Annotator's Note: 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group...

Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator with the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...

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