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Dupuy recalls a certain sense of invincibility that stayed with him. He knew death was around every corner but he kept...

Abner Aust was at Iwo Jima, Japan when the Japanese formally surrendered. He was the first pilot to go home on 11...

Nick Cristiano was shot down on 15 April 1945. He was in prison for five and a half months [Annotator's Note: he was...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1922. His father was a civil service employee....

Lisle Neher was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in August 1924. Life in Oshkosh was wonderful. There was a lot to do and...

Robert G. Aldous and his crew were supposed to go to Australia on R...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm graduated from high school and turned 18, but had no thoughts about going to college or...

When Orville Carroll arrived at Northwest Field on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], the Marines had...

While on Guam, Orville Carroll and some men built a small bamboo chapel, where they would sing without instruments....

When he arrived in Japan, Bruno S. Rinas was loaded onto a train. He was given some food and Rinas enjoyed it. Rinas...

Fiske Hanley talks about the close calls he experienced during his first six missions over the Japanese home islands....

Charles Graves Chauncey then received training on B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber]....

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