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Elmo Espree's troop ship sailed from Australia for the Bay of Bengal in India. In India, Espree went through the Ganges...

The terrain and environment of the jungle [Annotator's Note: the jungle in Burma; now Myanmar] was terrible. They [...

When Richard Cole returned to the United States he was stationed at an aircraft manufacturing plant. As the planes...

After one mission, Sandford Robert Willford [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th...

Lester Shapiro left the United States from California. Ninety percent of the men got seasick on the boat. When he left...

Courtland Claus could see buildings just beyond the dock when he arrived in India. He saw a stagecoach going by. It was...

During one impending Japanese air raid, John Alison jumped into the group commander's upgraded airplane and immediately...

Going overseas was quite the adventure for Sherman. Sherman stopped at numerous points throughout the war. He was a...

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

Since he was a twin-engine pilot, Joseph McGuire had been told he would be a training pilot but was then reassigned to...

After the war was over, John Hever was sent into Shanghai, China. He said he went into the city a couple of times and...

The war made Harold Daniel Snyder a man. His time in the Army Air Corps was as good as two years in college. He learned...

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