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Wings of War (Experiencing War, Stories from the Veterans History Project, Library of Congress)
Since the first rickety biplanes soared over the trenches of World War I, aviation has played an important role in every conflict. The men and women who fly know the risks but also are drawn to the sense of soaring adventure airplanes have always offered. Here are two dozen stories of pilots and crew members who, in the words of the poet, "slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies."
Image: Willard W. BartlettNorman C. Adams
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam
Video Interview		 Image: Stephen Clay BaxterStephen C. Baxter
AIR FORCE
Afghanistan/Iraq

Video Interview		 Image: James Lee BerryJames Lee Berry
NAVY
Vietnam

Video Interview
Image: Cole BlackCole Black
NAVY
Vietnam

Audio Interview		 Image: Catherine V. BridgeCatherine V. Bridge
WASP
World War II

Video Interview, Photos & Memoir
 Image: Phyllis Marie Aloisio CapellePhyllis M.A. Capelle
 MARINE CORPS
World War II

Video Interview
Image: Daniel Leonard DiBono, Jr.Daniel L. DiBono, Jr.
NAVY
Persian Gulf War

Video Interview
 Image: Dennis Craig GrabeelDennis Craig Grabeel
NAVY
Persian Gulf War

Video Interview, Photo
 Image: Robert Joseph GraceRobert Joseph Grace
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Audio Interview
Image: Thomas Carson GriffinThomas C. Griffin
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Video Interview, Multimedia Recordings		 Image: Edwin W. HaysEdwin W. Hays
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Video Interview, Photos, Memoir, Correspondence		 Image: Charles Christopher HuppertCharles C. Huppert
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Audio Interview
Image: Marion Anthony MarshallMarion A. Marshall
AIR FORCE
Vietnam

Video Interview, Photos, Official Documents		 Image: Roland Liles MasseyRoland Liles Massey
MARINE CORPS
Cold War Era

Audio Interview		 Image: Marvin Francis Pixton, IIIMarvin F. Pixton, III
MARINE CORPS
Vietnam

Video Interview
Image: W. Harold PlunkettW. Harold Plunkett
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Video Interview, Photos, Official Documents		 Image: Laura Jane Strickland RichardsonLaura J.S. Richardson
ARMY
Afghanistan/Iraq

Video Interview		 Image: Harold W. RileyHarold W. Riley
ARMY AIR CORPS
World War I

Memoir, Photos
Image: Joseph W. ShusterJoseph W. Shuster
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Memoir		 Image: Norman Dwight SmithNorman Dwight Smith
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Video Interview, Memoir, Transcript		 Image: Dean M. SommersDean M. Sommers
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Memoir
Image: Kenneth Wilbur ThomasKenneth W. Thomas
ARMY AIR FORCE
World War II

Video Interview, Multimedia Recording		 Image: Doyen Parsons WardwellDoyen P. Wardwell
ARMY AIR CORPS
Word War I

Memoir, Photos		 Image: Bruce S. WongBruce S. Wong
AIR FORCE
Cold War Era
Afghanistan/Iraq

Video Interview
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  5. Prisoners of War
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  7. Military Medicine
  8. War's End: VE- and VJ-Days
  9. Stories from the 2004 WWII Reunion on the Mall
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  11. African-Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles
  12. Military Intel: the Inside Story
  13. The Art of War
  14. Women at War
  15. Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke
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  17. The War (Companion to the Ken Burns Series)
  18. China-Burma-India: WWII's Forgotten Theater
  19. Women of Four Wars
  20. Jewish Veterans of World War II
  21. The Global War on Terror
  22. Hispanics in Service
  23. Buffalo Soldiers: The 92nd in Italy
  24. Helicopters: The Multi-mission Aircraft
  25. Disabled Veterans: The Unhealed Wounds
  26. D-Day 65th Anniversary
  27. They Also Served: Coast Guard/Merchant Marine
  28. Willing to Serve: American Indians
  29. Submarines: The Silent Service
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  31. The WASP: First in Flight
  32. VHP: The First Ten Years
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