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Wendell Woodall was in the 19th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 19th Bombardment Group] which initially took off from...

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

[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded above the city on...

Russell Gackenbach had no idea where Tinian was located when he arrived there. He only knew it was close to Japan. At...

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

James "Jim" Marshall and his unit [Annotator's Note: 499th Bombardment Group, 73rd Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force]...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore about the weapons he carried.] A little short rifle [Annotator's...

George Hood flew a memorable bomber mission over Odaka, Japan [Annotator’s Note: in a Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy...

Dale Bates flew seven missions as an instructor before the squad was disbanded in October 1944. Bates was then...

John Elliott and his crew knew nothing about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima...

Donald F. Goyette got to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands], really early in the air war, but as a...

After a brief stay on Saipan, David Fisher and his crewmates were sent to Guam to join the 39th Bomb Group, 314th Bomb...

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