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It’s a flight back in time for WWII veteran Rudolph Phillips, 91, Woodstock, who gathers his thoughts on board the movie “Memphis Belle”, a restored WWII B-17 “flying fortress” bomber celebrating the 70th anniversary of it’s historic last mission over Peachtree DeKalb Airport on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in Atlanta. Phillips was a gunnery instructor during the war and said “when they dropped the bomb I was in California crewing up to go over to the Pacific. I haven’t been on a B-17 since.” Phillips said every time he sees a plane he thinks about the men who didn’t come back and that he wished he was still in as good a shape as he was back then. The aircraft will be open to the public and available for ground tours and paid flights that help keep the plane operating on Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

WWII veteran takes trip in time in B-17

They were so young — farm boys and city kids, all of them suddenly called men. The U.S. Army gave them uniforms and readied them for a global conflict. That was Rudolph Phillips’ job. He taught them the intricacies of aiming a .50-caliber machine gun and blowing enemy airplanes out ...

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Doolittle Raider 70th anniversary celebration

The 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid was commemorated at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday. Four of the five surviving crew members attended the ceremony.

Gary Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band are coming to Alpharetta on Nov. 3 to raise money to build custom homes for two Georgia veterans severely injured in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Sinise band to play at Verizon to help disabled vets

He was in a wheelchair only to film “Forrest Gump,” but that was enough. Gary Sinise finished that movie with an even greater commitment to help veterans who, like the character he portrayed, Lt. Dan, had suffered catastrophic injuries.Sinise is bringing that resolve to the metro area. He and the ...

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