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Tyler, Kermit Segment 5
On 1 September 1942 Tyler was transferred to the 44th [Annotator's Note: 44th Fighter Squadron] at Bellows Field as...
Machaud, Albert Air Traffic Controller in the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud is not sure of the unit he...
Rinas, Bruno Japan and War's End
When he arrived in Japan, Bruno S. Rinas was loaded onto a train. He was given some food and Rinas enjoyed it. Rinas...
McGlohon, John Mapping Missions Around the World
In early 1942, John McGlohon's squadron [Annotator's Note: 3rd Photo Mapping Squadron] was assigned a mapping mission...
Marshall, James Postwar and Reflections
James "Jim" Marshall was discharged in 1945 and returned home to Kansas. He had some difficulty adjusting to civilian...
Hanley, Fiske Reflections
Fiske Hanley talks about the close calls he experienced during his first six missions over the Japanese home islands....
Bergbower, Harold Being a POW in Japan and the End of the War
Harold Bergbower has no memory of the trip from the POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp in Davao on Mindanao...
Paris, Thomas Reflections
Thomas Paris remembers when they were checking out of the runway and the pilot landed and they were not on the runway....
Gackenbach, Russell Atomic Bomb Mission
On 6 August 1945, Russell Gackenbach was ordered on a special mission to Japan. At three o’clock in the morning, his...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 9
Yellin recalls that the Japanese were in the caves. One person described that the Japanese were not on Iwo Jima, but...
Ratcliff, Henry Reflections
Henry Ratcliff was most affected by the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-...
Jackson, William Biak and Island Hopping
William Jackson joined the 55th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375th Troop Carrier Group at Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak,...

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