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Only one of the fire bombing raids Lisle Neher flew was to Tokyo. The others were to other big cities. Each raid killed...

On 22 December [Annotator's Note: 22 December 1941], James Morehead headed south from San Francisco, California for...

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

The reason Frederick Stent served during World War 2 was because he wanted to be in the military. His father had served...

Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...

When the ship arrived, F. Lincoln Grahlfs went out to sea for ten months. The ship was a patrol craft. After the...

Vaughn Whitworth remembers celebrating V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945]. He felt that...

Adolfo V. Celaya first encountered a man laying on his back [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...

Harold Bergbower retired from the Air Force after 30 years of service. He enjoyed playing golf. He went to work at the...

Matthew Cornelia's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it ended. He served because he wanted to do...

Leo Denault remembers his brother wanted to fly. His brother was always making airplanes. He went to school to be an...

Trinidad Ledesma was sent to Yokohama, Japan [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty after World War 2]. The streets were...

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