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Lew Jenkins

WWII | 101st Field Artillery Regiment

At the end of the war in Europe, Lew Jenkins gets attached to an Allied effort to re-settle the displaced persons who fled to Austria during the course of the war. (5:13)
Lew Jenkins goes over the type of work he usually did supporting infantry movements in the French and German wilderness. (7:52)
Lewis "Lew" Dabney

WWII | 36th Fighter Group, 53rd Squadron, 9th Air Force

Lew Dabney recalls his first couple of missions flying a P-47 over Europe in 1944. (2:15)
Lew Dabney goes into detail about how he would approach bomb targets in his P-47 aircraft, attempting to avoid artillery fire. (3:08)
A P-47 pilot, Lew Dabney discusses a celebratory act that some pilots would perform after a successful mission. (:59)
Lew Dabney talks about some of the events surrounding the Battle of the Bulge, describes the weather conditions and tells the story of a friend of his whose aircraft became "tragically full of German lead" during one mission in the area. (4:19)
Lew Dabney describes the dive-bombing mission over Germany in 1944 for which he earned a Distinguished Flying Cross. (2:56)
Lewis Durant

WWII | Headquarters Battery, 168th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion

While on the island of Leyte during World War II, Lewis Durant remembers watching Gen. Douglas MacArthur wading onto the beach to make his historical "I have returned" speech. (1:01)
Lewis Emerson

WWII | HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division

Army recruit Lewis Emerson was promised he would enter electronics school after basic training, but the manpower needs for a second front in Europe delayed those plans. He shipped out for France to join the push from the South. (5:25)
When Radio Operator Lewis Emerson landed in Marseilles to join the fight, he heard Axis Sally on the radio and it scared him. The Nazi propagandist knew more about his unit and the plans for it than he did. (5:50)