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Saik, Ogden Training and Ship Assignment
The Navy's boot camp in San Diego required that all graduates knew how to swim, and Ogden Saik mentioned that it was no...
Ikari, Norman Infantry Combat in Italy
Norman Ikari and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team had to sweep through tiny Italian towns and villages. Street fighting...
Lederer, Henry P-47 Versus P-51
Henry Lederer started out flying bomber escort and ground support missions [Annotator's Note: with the 374th Fighter...
Jefferson, Alexander Stalag VII-A, Air Battles and Liberation
Alexander Jefferson survived the horrible conditions of Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Moosburg, Germany]....
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Toughest Mission
Floyd Horne flew a lot of missions before his D-Day missions [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 9
Rankin had his own plush Gooney Bird [Annotator's Note: nickname for Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" transport aircraft] in...
Brien, Russel Shot Up, Milk Runs and Furloughs
On Russell Brien's third mission his aircraft lost an engine. [Annotator's Note: Brien was a nose gunner on...
Kerr, Perry Flying Missions
Perry Kerr was deployed to England in February 1945. They were constantly flying training missions before they started...
Ryan, Richard Duty in the Pacific Aboard the USS Tripoli (CVE-64)
When the war with Germany ended, Richard Ryan hoped he would be sent home. He had a one year old son he had not yet...
Tipper, Edward Parachuting into Normandy
Edward Tipper and the troops of the 101st Airborne were very confident about jumping into France. Their training was...
Raner, Norman New Lieutenant
To Norman Raner, the enemy [Annotator's Note: the German Army forces he faced in the deserts of North Africa] was...
Zarger, Edward Crossing the Rhine River
Edward Zarger's brother was killed on 16 September 1944 in Mountain Home, Idaho when a B-24 bomber [Annotator's Note:...

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