MAN 1: The B-17 was not only
 a beautiful ship,
 but it flew like a dream.
MAN 2: The greatest airplane
 ever built.
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MAN 3: On a clear day,
the Germans could see us coming
 50 miles out.
 And that wasn't too good,
because they were ready for us.
 All of a sudden, boom.
MAN 4:  I was 19 years old,
 the war came, and we went
and did what they told us to do.
MAN 5: The bomb run.
 That was the worst.
MAN 6:  We can't change
 our altitude,
 and we can't change
 our direction.
 We were sitting ducks.
 MAN 7: Anybody who said
 they weren't afraid
 were full of crap.
MAN 8: It was hard,
 but we had to do it,
 so we did it.
MAN 9:  Most crews stuck
 pretty well together.
 We knew what each man
 was capable of doing.
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MAN 7:
 We were a family of brothers.
