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Lloyd Geist's first mission was a sweep over France on 1 May 1944. The mission was uneventful. Geist recalled that he...

Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior [Annotator's Note: a pilot with the 509th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group...

There was more training for John Pogue after he reached Reading [Annotator's Note: Reading, England]. The 401st Glider...

Earl Forstall remembers another time a plane came back with a lot of hits. The right wing had taken a direct hit. He...

William "Bill" Parker arrived in southern England where he and other soldiers began preparing for a land invasion....

Harold Shook flew on the first 50 missions of his squadron [Annotator's Note: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter...

James Craig remembers when Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, Supreme...

Archie Maltbie’s first mission from England was against a French railroad bridge. Several pilots missed the bridge but...

Joseph Dean Reilly was part of the first replacements to join the 501st [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 3rd Battalion...

Alfred Alvarez was about 16 years old when Pearl Harbor happened [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

Winfield Zerphey and the airplane's crew were granted liberty after flying several missions. He and a few other men...

Russell Clark and Company A [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...

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