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When Lester Hecht was in Mindanao [Annotator's Note: Mindanao, Philippines], the aircraft he was in charge of always...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Baile served in the USAAF as a flight engineer on B-29 bombers in the 9th Bombardment Group...

On 27 March 1945, Fiske Hanley II and his flight crew [Annotator's Note: with the 504th Bombardment Group, 313th...

Charles Graves Chauncey's aircraft was named "Goin' Jessie" with a mean-looking rabbit for the nose art. He recalled...

The last mission Maynard David flew was on 30 August [Annotator's Note: 30 August 1945]. It was an air-sea rescue...

The Zero [Annotator's Note: Japanese Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, referred to as the Zeke or Zero] was tough to...

Ittsei Nakagawa's father's side of the family came over to the United States [Annotator's Note: from Japan] around 1904...

Lloyd Guillory made one flight against Rabaul. Rabaul was a Japanese airfield that was a very hot spot. It was bypassed...

Leo Denault liked Westover Field [Annotator’s Note: Westover Field, Massachusetts] the best. He liked Tokyo [Annotator’...

Selwyn Gilmore and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 52nd Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, 314th Bombardment...

David Oreck enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He wanted to fly in the Air...

At Norfolk [Annotator’s Note: Norfolk, Virginia], James W. Metcalf was assigned to Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the...

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