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James Bollich was going to work [Annotator's Note: Bollich was a prisoner of war in Mukden, Manchuria, China] when he...

In October 1942, William S. “Bill” Beamish enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was inducted in San Pedro [Annotator’s...

Henry Ratcliff almost arrived home after his outfit did [Annotator's Note: 860th Aviation Engineer Battalion, 5th Air...

Theodore Theodore's most memorable event of the war was being jumped by fighters while leaving Balikpapan [Annotator's...

Walter Atwood was born Lebanon, Kansas in February 1922. He grew up on a farm. He had to milk cows before and after...

Russell Gackenbach was a member in one of the 15 crews officially assigned to the 509th, 393rd Bomb Squad [Annotator's...

Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...

[Annotator’s Note: This clip begins mid-sentence.] In 1938, Charles Dragich graduated high school. Jobs were very...

Ben Steele worked two miles underground in a Japanese coal mine. It was very tight because of the way the ground...

After World War 2, Rex James Bates matured and became a more responsible person. He remarks about his time at the...

Richard R. Ruess was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1918. His parents had two daughters that were killed in...

Willis Mills was born in July 1926 and grew up in Holyoke, Colorado. It was a small farming community. His father...

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