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A VETERAN’S STORY: The Ultimate Flyboy
By Pete Mecca Arranging an interview quickly turns into something even more exciting when the…
A VETERAN’ STORY: The Nose Gunner
A dismal 25% of B-17 and B-24 bomber crews completed their 25 required missions during…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Mister Incorrigible
Job description from a WWII B-17 training manual, “The inflight Armorer-Gunner inspects, repairs, maintains machine…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Coming Home – Part II
Shot down in enemy-held territory while on a bombing run in Vietnam near An Loc,…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Coming Home – Part I
Mike was a spitting image of what most people believe a young Air Force officer…
A Veteran’s Story Goes On The Air
One of our frequent writers, Pete Mecca, has been offered his own radio show. The…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Unarmed and Out of Fuel
By Pete Mecca On Dec 6, 1941 a flight of thirteen B-17 Flying Fortress heavy…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Dustoff in Burma?
By Pete Mecca A ‘dustoff’ in Burma? Pete, you mean Vietnam, right? Yes and no.…
A Veteran’s Story: Kilroy Was Here!
'Kilroy Was Here' - this iconic doodle with its accompanying phrase became popular graffiti the world over during…
A Veteran’s Story: Caribou to Santabou
By Pete Mecca Born and raised in Cajun country, Alan Gravel received a degree in…
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