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Joseph DeMott worked in the farming fields, dug trenches, and built fences as a prisoner of war [Annotator's Note: in...

Maynard David grew up on a farm west of Topeka, Kansas. He went to high school in Silver Lake, Kansas and graduated in...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber in the 53rd...

Robert G. Aldous and his crew flew many missions to Formosa [Annotator's Note: Republic of Formosa; present day Taiwan...

Bombing Japan was a joint effort, according to Donald F. Goyette. He remembers loading bombs onto his squadron's [...

When Robert Rosendahl and his fellow survivors were told to destroy their weapons they threw them all out into the bay...

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

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

Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...

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

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

First, Fiske Hanley said, he prayed [Annotator's Note: after bailing out of his battle damaged Boeing B-29...

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