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Lester Shapiro could have stayed in the service and been a Warrant Officer. He was discharged at Fort Dix [Annotator's...

Cleveland Peterson's most memorable experience was being close to Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. During the...

All of the Catholic school teachers were nuns. They were not married. High school teachers in Iowa were required to be...

John Symons had basic training at Jefferson Barracks [Annotator's Note: Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay,...

Herbert Clyde Saylor [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner with the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group, 10th...

When Robert H. "Bob" Harris finished his induction training, he was assigned to single-engine planes. He was happy with...

What Joseph McGuire took to India was all he had for the duration of his duty. Many of the crews had no cold weather...

Herbert Auerbach arrived in Bombay, India in October 1943 then went by train to northern Burma, nearly to Assam. From...

Richard Cole heard that some of the aircraft had cameras on them but his was not one of them. The picture of Doolittle...

The base's runway had been lengthened by the locals. It was not quite long enough, but was adequate. Howard Anderson...

Robert Offenbacher did not want to stay in the Army. He had his last meal in the Army at Indiantown Gap [Annotator’s...

Joseph Silvia thought the caste system in India was odd. The Americans lived like kings compared to the British there....

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