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Dale Bates wanted to be a pilot in the Army Air Corps and enrolled in college at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon...

Edgar Harrell had very little energy and was just hoping for someone to discover him [Annotator's Note: while floating...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Abner Aust to describe the mission where he shot down three Japanese Franks -...

[Annotator's Note: William Cart served in the US Marine Corps as a pilot in Marine Fighting Squadron 155 (VMF-155)...

[Annotator's Note: Maynard David served in the USAAF as a bombardier on Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Annas was training for air sea rescue at Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, in Biloxi...

Jake Ussery boarded the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] in the United States and joined in operations...

On 6 August 1945, Russell Gackenbach was ordered on a special mission to Japan. At three o’clock in the morning, his...

After finishing 31 missions, James "Jim" Marshall laid around, went to the PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange], played...

Although Archibald Higgins thought he would fly home. That did not happen. He sailed on a ship from Manila. The voyage...

Robert Frederick Reed's unit trained with rockets in Hawaii, after having trained for bombing and torpedoes. Reed...

Theodore Robert Tanner flew six missions in a P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft], but never...

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