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Russell Gackenbach had no idea where Tinian was located when he arrived there. He only knew it was close to Japan. At...

James Muri joined the Army so that he could become a pilot. Growing up in Montana Muri did not see many airplanes. He...

Henry Ratcliff joined the Army Air Forces and went many places including California where it rained a lot. Eating in...

William Stewart was sent to Camp Beale in California [Annotator’s Note: near Marysville, California]. He got his first...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll how important it is for current and future generations to learn...

Floyd Annas graduated from advanced pilot training in Marfa, Texas [Annotator's Note: Marfa Army Airfield] on 23...

Donald Marsaglia’s crew landed in Biak [Annotator’s Note: Biak, Indonesia] right after a Japanese air raid. They left...

After about five weeks of pilot school and 20 solo hours [Annotator's Note: at the Allen Hancock College of Aeronautics...

Robert Leese was based on New Guinea [Annotator's Note: with the 822nd Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group,...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Baile served in the USAAF and as a flight engineer on B-29 bombers.] Finally, they got their...

Charles Watkins Adair went into the infantry in the signal corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Signal Corps, after being...

Dale Bates flew seven missions as an instructor before the squad was disbanded in October 1944. Bates was then...

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