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

James Bollich thinks there were radios in other camps [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war camps], but not his. He got...

Richard Cole was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1915. After graduating from high school he went to work on a farm for 75...

Wesley Carroll and his wife raised three children. Their first son, James Stephen, was born in 1948 and was adopted by...

Russell Gackenbach had his Army Air Forces basic training in Florida. There were not enough uniforms for the recruits...

After 16 months on Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan], Howard Cain was ordered to pack his things and prepare...

Floyd Annas graduated from advanced pilot training in Marfa, Texas [Annotator's Note: Marfa Army Airfield] on 23...

Charles Watkins Adair went into the infantry in the signal corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Signal Corps, after being...

Milton L. McMullen, Sr. was in Hawaii until 1 December [Annotator's Note: 1 December 1941]. He was then transferred to...

Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. They were based out of Guam [...

After about five weeks of pilot school and 20 solo hours [Annotator's Note: at the Allen Hancock College of Aeronautics...

Jones' group would fly patrols up and down he coast out of McCord. He liked that flying because there were no controls...

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