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The Silence of Soldiers

All the author knew was that his father had been in the Air Force during WWII. Then he found a diary.

By Yankee Magazine|Nov 06 2023| Print icon

Having recently arrived in England, an American B-24 bomber crew poses for a photo in the summer of 1944. The author’s father, Pincus Mansfield, is in the first row, far left.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Howard Mansfield

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