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Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

The war made Harold Daniel Snyder a man. His time in the Army Air Corps was as good as two years in college. He learned...

Wesley Fronk qualified for the Army Specialized Training Program [Annotator's Note: usually referred to by the acronym...

At daylight, Herbert Gross was alone after bailing out of the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy...

They got to the target [Annotators Note: Bridge on the River Kwai] at 9:00 in the morning and no other aircraft were...

Carl Constein flew a mission every three days while he was a pilot for the air operations in the CBI campaign [...

Raymond Kaiser always mocked the P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft] as low and slow but he...

When Robert H. "Bob" Harris was sent to instructor school in Montgomery [Annotator's Note: Maxwell Fieild, now Maxwell...

Sherman was born and raised near Toledo, Ohio. He attended school in Toledo. He was fortunate enough to take classes at...

John Alison’s duties also resulted in him being a glider pilot despite never having flown one before. He flew a glider...

Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan and Guilin, China as part of the 21st...

Basic training for Robert Lippman was in Miami Beach, Florida. He learned to salute, and dress right. He thinks he went...

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