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Joseph Silvia was born in April 1922 in Newport, Rhode Island. He was exposed to the military at age 12, by a soldier...

Cleveland Peterson landed in Karachi, India. There was a British airbase with a huge dirigible hanger. The P-40s [...

Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan, China as part of the 21st Photo...

When it came time to leave Burma [Annotator's Note: now Myanmar], Robert Lippman was told he would be part of the lead...

Joel Varner was born in October 1923 in Senatobia, Mississippi. He attended high school and junior college there. He...

George Rudloff was sent to India via Australia. He arrived at Chandigarh which was a staging area in India. From there...

Albert Sieck was assigned as a pilot with the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment Group, 10th Air Force in...

Charles Poston went to Montgomery, Alabama for ground school. He was already familiar with ham radio [Annotator's Note...

Henderson flew as a tail gunner on a B-17 [Annotators Note: American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber] until his last...

Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

Sandford Robert Willford [Annotator's Note: a flying instructor with the US Army Air Forces] was sent to school to...

Sherman was born and raised near Toledo, Ohio. He attended school in Toledo. He was fortunate enough to take classes at...

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