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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...

Alexander Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero [Annotators Note:...

Buck Donaldson was born in August 1925 in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He was the fifth child. His father was a doctor and...

Vaughn Whitworth, like most segregated Marines, was in a Depot Company [Annotator's Note: 19th Depot Company, 7th Field...

The United States was going into Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak, Western New Guinea] and the Japanese thwarted the...

Vernon Micheel flew his first combat mission off the Hornet [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2...

Edward F. Kent was born in November 1917 and grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He attended a one-room school and...

Mac Glenn Morris was born in January 1944 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. He had two older brothers. His father was...

Frank Stewart shows the interviewer a photograph that was taken at the naval hospital in San Diego. Bob Day had also...

Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...

Vernon Micheel met his future wife in June 1943 in Wildwood, New Jersey. They were married in October 1946. Micheel...

Edward F. Kent headed to Kiska in the Aleutian Islands [Annotator’s Note: Aleutian Islands, Alaska] with his unit [...

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