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Gackenbach, Russell Second and Third Atomic Bombs
Russell Gackenbach participated in the dropping of the second atomic bomb. On that mission, he was the navigator on the...
East, Clyde Second Dog Fight Victory
Clyde East shot down his second German fighter just prior to the Battle of the Bulge near Frankfurt, Germany. He was on...
McCowen, William Second Mission Airplane Crash
For William McCowen's [Annotator's Note: as a US Air Force copilot in the 307th Strategic Bomb Wing stationed at Kadena...
Beckman, Kenneth Second Tour of Duty and Postwar
Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...
Levy, Stanley Secret Coding and Postwar
Stanley "Stan" Levy was a cryptographer [Annotator's Note: cryptology is the study of secret codes]. He received...
Gomez, Hewitt Secret Missions
Hewitt Brian Gomez and his crew [Annotator's Note: 857th Bombardment Squadron, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)]...
Garten, Perry Security Mission and Reflections
Perry Garten flew a security mission with a colonel that ended up in China. It was an unexpected experience for Garten...
Brewer, Chester Seeing Winston Churchill
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Chester Brewer about a story of when he threw his hat down at a colonel.]...
Loring, Bud Seems Like Yesterday
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Bud Loring how he got out of his burning aircraft over France.] He just climbed...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 1
Clarence Anderson was interested in flying from a young age. Lindbergh [Annotator's note: American aviator Charles...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 1
Loevsky was born on Long Island, New York. He was 1 of 3 children.His father worked in a bronze factory. He was a young...
Luckadoo, John Segment 1
John Luckadoo, known as Lucky, was born in March 1922 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He grew up in Chattanooga. It was a...
Leahr, John Segment 1
Leahr and the interviewer talk about fishing.Leahr grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was a chauffeur and his...
Sabol, Emil Segment 1
Sabol was born in 1924 and knew when the war broke out that he would have to serve in one branch or another. He chose...
Shoens, Robert Segment 1
[Annotators Note: Robert Shoens and the interviewer start the interview with some small chat about experiences both men...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 1
Onesi was born in Pennsylvania, but moved to Niagara Falls, New York at a young age. He was drafted into the Air Force...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 1
Tyler was working in the information center receiving radar reports on the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack [...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 1
Jerry Yellin was born on February 15th, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Hillside High School in June of...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 1
Rankin did not shoot down Gunther Rall [Annotator's Note: Luftwaffe/West German Air Force Ace Lt. Gen. Gunther Rall]...
Sherman, Richard Segment 1
Sherman was born and raised near Toledo, Ohio. He attended school in Toledo. He was fortunate enough to take classes at...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 1
Barney Old Coyote was born in April 1923. He spoke the Crow language growing up. Old Coyote was raised by his...
Henderson, William Segment 1
Henderson begins the interview stating that he wouldn't be there if not for the actions of B-24 crewman.Henderson's...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 1
Steve Pisanos was on the first Schweinfurt mission during which 60 B-17s were lost. The bombers were escorted by the...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 1
Dupuy remembers times being hard during the Depression. They always had food to eat, but there were certain things that...
Holloman, William Segment 1
Holloman was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1924. His father worked for the US Postal Service from 1919 until 1969.As...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 1
Leonard Spivey was born on a farm five or six miles north of Artesia, New Mexico. At a very young age Spivey was on the...
Noack, John Segment 1
John Noack lived in Port Arthur, Texas before the war. Once in a while a barnstormer would come through with a plane...
Baynham, James Segment 1
Baynham grew up during the Great Depression but doesn't recall life being too bad. After graduating from high school he...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 1
At 19 Thatcher finished high school and enlisted in the US Army Air Corps on December 3rd, 1940. Thatcher was sworn in...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 1
Ardell Bollinger was born 3 November 1922 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Bollinger lived in Lock Haven for about 12 years...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 1
Jones was born in Oregon. When he was 10 years old, 1 of his sisters contracted tuberculosis so his mother elected to...
Van Kirk,Theodore "Dutch" Segment 1
Theodore Van Kirk, known as Dutch, was born in Pennsylvania. He grew up in a very small town and he described himself...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 1
Richard Candelaria was born in El Paso, Texas. He served in the US Army Air Corps and the Air Force. Candelaria's...
McKee, Ralph Segment 1
McKee was born on September 19, 1921 in Southern Oklahoma. As was the case in most births in those days, he was born on...
Keema, John Segment 1
[Annotator’s Note: The interview begins with John Keema telling the interviewer about how not flying the Regensburg...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 1
Joseph Armanini begins by discussing his early childhood growing up on a dairy farm in Santa Cruz County, California....

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