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U.S. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 
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Not a lot more heartwarming to a foot-slogger than to see those big silver P-47s passing overhead towards the kraut lines.  We could see those 500 pound bombs slung under the wings along with rocket tubes, and somebody told me that they carried 6,400 rounds of .50 cal. ammo. I'm no hick, I've been to Cincinnati and seen the Ohio State Fair, but I ain't never seen anything like a Thunderbolt unloading on a kraut position.

Corporal John Stinson, 79th Infantry.
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You think the infantry didn't like bad weather?  Rain, low clouds, overcast, drizzle and mud up to our bread bags?  When the weather was bad, at least we knew that the JABOs* wouldn't be screaming in at us from 300 feet. It is better to have rain and ice fall from the sky than bombs and bullets.

Gefreiter Ernst Bauer, Grenadier Regiment 959

*JABO  Jäger Bomber (hunter bomber)
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