"For you the war is over." That was the almost universal greeting to shot-down American airmen when they fell into the hands of the German enemy. But the war was not over for the new POW; it just became a different war, a war not without its own brutal casualties...
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This site is dedicated to providing scholars, educators, students and the public with access to the vast collection of artifacts, photos, memoirs, recordings and written materials that reside at the AFHI.
A special thanks to the Air Force Academy graduating Class of 1980 for making this project a reality.
This site is dedicated to providing scholars, educators, students and the public with access to the vast collection of artifacts, photos, memoirs, recordings and written materials that reside at the AFHI.