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

William Disanza refused an order one time. They asked them to knock off a group of Japs. They always scouted ahead to...

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

After an idle period of about ten days in Norfolk, Virginia, Robert Lippman was equipped with winter clothing, and...

In China, John Symons had one slit trench to take cover in in the event of a Japanese attack. One guy jumped in, hit...

John Alison was at one of the RAF [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force] bases when he got orders to report to London....

By Christmas of 1943, Richard Notebaert was home. His new baby was four months old, and his little family spent two...

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

They got to the target [Annotators Note: Burma railway] at 9:00 in the morning and no other aircraft were there. They...

Robert Offenbacher went across the Mediterranean Sea. As they neared the island of Crete [Annotator’s Note: Crete,...

[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] The Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory...

Howard Anderson's crew was given a new airplane, 271, and his crew nicknamed it "Last Resort II." The missions to...

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