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Russell Gackenbach was born in 1923 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. His family was Pennsylvania Dutch. His father was...

James Bollich was liberated by the Russians. Near the end of the war, the Japanese put out an order for all POWs [...

[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...

Louis Zamperini was converted in 1949. In 1951, he returned to Japan, particularly to visit Sugamo Prison because he...

John Caudle did not have a lot of notice when he was called to active duty. He came home after work one Friday and had...

Because the war in Europe had begun to die down and the need for additional pilots was decreasing by the time he...

Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. His plane crashed and he was...

[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria; present day China.] Ernest...

After pilot training, Homer Myers got his commission. He went to Tampa, Florida and started his B-17 [Annotator's Note...

In 1944, Kenneth A. Lafleur and the 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force were sent to an airfield in Finschhafen, New...

[Annotator's Note: Selwyn Gilmore served in the United States Army Air Forces as a ground crew armorer for the Boeing B...

Frederick Haack [Annotator's Note: a cargo pilot] flew to Sacramento [Annotator's Note: Sacramento, California] where...

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