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Gatewood, Joel Segment 1
Gatewood was born in Decatur, Nebraska in 1921. He lived there until he went into the service. He was in his first...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 1
Oscar Johnson was born in November 1925 in Pompano Beach, Florida. He had two brothers and a sister. His parents were...
Cole, Richard Segment 1
Richard Cole was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1915. After graduating from high school he went to work on a farm for 75...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 1
Kassal was born in Harlem, New York on 28 February 1917. His parents were Polish immigrants. At a young age, his family...
Gibbons, John Segment 1
[Annotators Note: The interview begins with John Gibbons and the interviewer discussing what got the interviewer...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 1
Ben Kuroki grew up with Caucasian friends. There were only a few Japanese American families around at the time. The...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 1
Clifford Rackley was born near Tifton, Georgia. He was young during the depression and saw the problems the big farmers...
Gross, Clayton Segment 1
Clayton Kelly Gross was born in Walla Walla, Washington, a town so pretty they named it twice. Gross remarks it is...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 10
Rackley did not have much of a relationship with his commanding officer [Annotator's Note: Rackley is referring to his...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 10
Clarence Anderson had to fly differently than usual because of the amount of fuel he had aboard. All of the fighters...
Luckadoo, John Segment 10
John Luckadoo had no regrets about returning to the United States after completing his 25 combat missions. The brass...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 10
Yellin went to witness the ceremony in 2006. He met a few different Japanese soldiers and American military personnel...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 10
The thing Steve Pisanos thinks about the most from the war was when he crash landed in France. When he arrived at the...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 10
Leonard Spivey noted that there was a lot of commotion when they were burrowing through the tunnel. Some of the guys in...
Noack, John Segment 10
John Noack went on to fly on 1 December to fly his 13th mission. It also happened to be Noack’s 24th birthday. He came...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 10
Jones believes that the raid was important and worth the risk and cost. After the raid the men just kept on going.Jones...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 10
Richard Candelaria thinks it is a shame that the American public did not get to see their 8th Air Force. They were able...
Keema, John Segment 10
When John Keema came home, he was by himself. When he left England it was the last time he saw of any of his fellow...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 10
Joseph Armanini discusses having bicycle races in the officer's club at Thorpe Abbotts [Annotator’s Note: the 100th...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 11
The whole world was at war. Rackley had to read about what was happening after the war because it was such a broad one...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 11
While escorting bombers Clarence Anderson was leading his flight to the front of the bomber formation when he noticed a...
Luckadoo, John Segment 11
After the war the US Army Air Forces suspected that John Luckadoo was suffering from PTSD. When he had returned from...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 11
Yellin is not sure if he was fired upon during landings and take offs from Iwo Jima. Yellin recalls that one of his...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 11
Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...
Noack, John Segment 11
John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 11
Joseph Armanini is most proud of the moment he met Gabby Gabreski and how Gabreski congratulated him on how well he...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 12
One of Clarence Anderson's men came across a German pilot shooting at men in parachutes. He shot the German down and...
Luckadoo, John Segment 12
John Luckadoo does not believe that long range fighter protection was possible in the early stages of the war. They...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 12
Yellin recalls how he had a close call with a fellow pilot. From that point on Yellin did not trust that man and would...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 12
Leonard Spivey was at the airfield for a few days. They were at the airfield on V-E Day. All hell was breaking loose on...
Noack, John Segment 12
John Noack was visited again by the interrogator on the third day. Noack held fast and the interrogator did not ask...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 12
[Annotator’s Note: This segment was a time code drop from the beginning of the second tape.] Joseph Armanini discusses...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 13
[Annotators Note: Clarence Anderson served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot flying P-51 Mustangs with the 363rd Fighter...
Luckadoo, John Segment 13
The war changed John Luckadoo’s life pretty drastically. He matured rapidly when faced with going out every day and...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 13
Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...
Noack, John Segment 13
John Noack and the crew sat around and talked during Christmas. The day after all of the enlisted men were separated...

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