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The Belle of the Third Reich: Eva Braun
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Operation Cornflakes
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Captain Roscoe Brown
Dr. Roscoe Brown served in the US Army Air Forces as a fighter pilot in the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. Brown recounts some of his exploits in the skies over Europe, including a duel with a German Me 262 jet fighter.