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Joel Varner had no desire to stay in the Army Air Forces. He wanted an education. He went right back to college. He got...

Missions began to ramp down in May [Annotator's Note: May 1945, when the Japanese were pushed too far out of range of...

Since the unit Gus Gikas led was intended to replace another unit in India that had been deployed for two years, their...

Roy H. Matsumoto used his carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic carbine] to drive back the enemy on...

Although trained in the PB-2A pursuit aircraft, John Alison was glad he did not have to go to war in it. Communication...

The men got up before daylight and took their mess kits and lined up for some soup. Then they immediately lined up in...

Berle Wheeler experienced Japanese air raids but slit trenches protected him from the attacks [Annotator's Note: he was...

Cortland Claus was born in May 1925 in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada. He spent his first 10 years going through grade four...

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

Perry Garten was drafted and sent to Fort Leavenworth for processing. He was then shipped to Bowman Field near...

Lester Shapiro did not know anything about getting a Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the Bronze Star Medal is the fourth...

There were just a few Americans assigned to Samuel Spector's OSS Detachment 101 outfit. Some came and went, but there...

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