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Dale Bates wanted to be a pilot in the Army Air Corps and enrolled in college at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon...

Henry Lederer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in March 1920. His father was a watchmaker and jeweler who came to...

Kenneth R. Williams was born in Alton, Illinois in March 1922. He was an only child. He grew up in Illinois and Ohio....

Instead of heading into the mountains, the Chinese man took them to Canton. They spent several days in Canton. After...

Around the time Paul Dietzel flew his first mission, General Curtis LeMay had gone to the Pacific to take over the 20th...

Courtland Claus could see buildings just beyond the dock when he arrived in India. He saw a stagecoach going by. It was...

[Annotator's Note: Interview begins mid-conversation.] Herbert Heilbrun was waiting for his crew in Salt Lake City when...

Clifford Rackley was born near Tifton, Georgia. He was young during the depression and saw the problems the big farmers...

Calvin Moret admits that the Tuskegee Airman flying experiences did not affect his life until the movie was released [...

That night, Howard Anderson was given some food. At some point in the night, air raid sirens started blaring because...

Marvin Raymond Edwards enlisted because he felt he would be drafted, and he wanted to select the Air Force. He had...

Calvin Moret became interested in flying when he was about eight years old. Before the war started, he found himself...

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