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James "Jim" Marshall and his unit [Annotator's Note: 499th Bombardment Group, 73rd Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force]...

When James Bollich was sent to Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines], he was still a mechanic, but he...

They [Annotator's Note: Louis Zamperini, his pilot and their tail gunner] spent 47 days fighting off sharks, the...

After returning to California, Theodore Theodore was sent to Denver, Colorado for two months where he had the job of...

Rowland Elliott Ball served as a navigator with the 60th Bombardment Squadron, 39th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force...

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

Clarence Becker was born in Rochester, New York one week after World War 1 ended, 18 November 1918. He was the fifth of...

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

Donald Marsaglia was born in Coal City, Illinois in April 1924. Coal City was a small town of about 1,300 people....

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

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

As a child in Dayton, Ohio Richard Cole was only a half hour bike ride from McCook Army Airfield where he would go to...

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