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Today Bernice Haydu has a Congressional Gold Medal and credits Nicole Malachowsky, the first woman Thunderbird pilot,...

Leonard Brooks got up to go to school on Monday [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941] morning and that is when he and his...

Harold Buell wanted to hit a major enemy warship but seemed to never have the opportunity. He finally had his chance...

Kenneth W. Theis was born on 16 February 1923 in East St. Louis, Illinois. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas when he...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Frank J. Waldeck was born in May 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended high school there before studying accounting and...

Louis Conter saw the Second World War as an unconditional victory. Today's world is different. We should try to knock...

Edward J. Nickerson, Jr. was born in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] in July 1920. His father was a...

Gail Halvorsen was born in October 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and his family moved to Garland, Utah. He competed...

Mary Leisey was born in Honey Brooke, Pennsylvania. It was a small town of nearly 1,000 people. She enjoyed growing up...

Harry McCauley was born in October 1926 in Eunice, Louisiana. His family was poor and worked a small farm during the...

Herman Prager witnessed the end of the war while on Midway Island. Following Midway, he sailed to Pearl Harbor for rest...

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