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Fiske Hanley talks about the close calls he experienced during his first six missions over the Japanese home islands....

James N. Rizzo enlisted in the Air Force and served for 22 months. After attending basic training at Keesler Field,...

Walter Bowsher was at Pusan and then Inchon during the Korean War. He was told to report to a warrant officer for duty...

Paul Sparacino found out about atomic veterans [Annotator's Note: atomic veteran; any veteran who, as part of his or...

Paul J. Murphy had his first campaign [Annotator’s Note: as a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] in...

Sterling Cale was assigned to recover the dead from the Arizona [Annotator's Note: USS Arizona (BB-39)] after the...

Arthur McHardy was born Angus, Scotland in October 1924. He vaguely recalls growing up in Scotland. He was only five [...

When Kenneth Wieland arrived in Japan, he saw a bunch of American prisoners of war who were nothing but skin and bones...

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

Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

After the war, Richard H. Kerr enlisted into the regular Navy and remained in service for 30 years. His first...

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