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Knutson, Caroll Liberation and War's End
Carroll Knutson and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were liberated by Patton [Annotator's Note: US...
Hanley, Fiske Bombing Missions
Fiske Hanley II, with his crew [Annotator's Note: with the 504th Bombardment Group, 313th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air...
Hayashi, Nobuo Surviving Aerial Bombings and the Japanese Government
While living in Japan during World War 2, Nobuo Hayashi describes that the bombings would happen during the day, while...
Jones, Clyde Atomic bomb and return home
In this segment, Jones remembers that while they didn’t know specifics about the atomic bomb, they knew something was...
Amsden, Ben Air-to-Air Combat Victories
On 12 October [Annotator's Note: 12 October 1944], Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a pilot with Fighting...
Carroll, Orville War's End and Returning Home
While on Guam, Orville Carroll and some men built a small bamboo chapel, where they would sing without instruments....
Broussard, Lee Typhoon Cobra and Fighting the Japanese
Lee R. Broussard was working for Admiral Nimitz's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander...
Bleuler, Jack Postwar and the Worst Mission
Jack H. Bleuler was discharged from the Army Air Corps in October 1945 as a staff sergeant at Barksdale Airfield [...
Cristiano, Nick Con Man in the Prison Camp
Nick Cristiano was shot down on 15 April 1945. He was in prison for five and a half months [Annotator's Note: he was...
David, Maynard Unit Assignment and First Combat Mission
[Annotator's Note: Maynard David served in the USAAF as a bombardier on Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in...
Campbell, John Postwar
After joining the Marine reserves following World War 2, John Edward Campbell found work for a pharmaceutical company...
Fitch, Mason Bombing Japan
Mason Brownell Fitch determined that radar was very important when flying missions into Japan. The terrain was much...

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