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Robert Liles made captain in 1942. In 1943 he was given command of the 16th Fighter Squadron. Before taking over the...

Going overseas was quite the adventure for Sherman. Sherman stopped at numerous points throughout the war. He was a...

David K. Hayward's first mission [Annotator's Note: 8 April 1943 with the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment...

The terrain and environment of the jungle [Annotator's Note: the jungle in Burma; now Myanmar] was terrible. They [...

Roy H. Matsumoto saw the city of Hiroshima [Annotator's Note: Hiroshima, Japan] after the war. It was flattened and...

Roy Uthes discovered that his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 209th Engineer Combat Battalion] was being sent to the...

Although trained in the PB-2A pursuit aircraft, John Alison was glad he did not have to go to war in it. Communication...

William Disanza refused an order one time. They asked them to knock off a group of Japs. They always scouted ahead to...

On Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak, West New Guinea], it would rain every day at about one o'clock for about ten minutes....

Raymond Kaiser was taken on a mission by his CO [Annotator's Note: commanding officer]. He asked why he was taking him...

When Calvin F. Bannon returned home from his tour overseas [Annotator's Note: with the 10th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd...

Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

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