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On August 13, 1944, during his 44th combat mission, Joe Moser's P-38 Lightning was shot down. Captured by Nazi forces, he and his fellow group of Allied fliers were scheduled for execution as âterrorfliegersâ and shipped in overcrowded cattle cars to Buchenwaldâthe infamous work camp where tens of thousands diedâŠ
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During August 1944, Joe Mowerâs P-38 was shot down, and Nazi forces sent him to Buchenwaldâthe infamous work camp where tens of thousands died of cruelty, medical experiments, and starvation. Itâs a story of survival in the worst of situations.
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