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Podcast: Veterans Chronicles
Episode: Capt. Vincent 'Bill' Purple, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
Description: Vincent "Bill" Purple joined the U.S. Army Air Corps following the Japense attack on Pearl Harbor. Like most young men interested in joining the Air Corps, he wanted to be a fighter pilot. But the Army had different plans. Soon Purple was training on multi-engine planes in preparation for being a B-17 Bomber pilot. He was deployed to England as part of the 379th bomb group inside the Mighty Eighth Air Force and flew 35 missions.In this edition of "Veterans Chronicles," Purple takes us along on a typical mission - from briefing to takeoff to dropping the...