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Liles, Robert Dog Fights and Ground Attack
This action was the one during which Robert Liles got his first confirmed kill. It was a Zero [Annotator's Note:...
Davis, Arthur Doing a Civilian Job in the Navy
There were always air raids to deal with, according to Arthur Davis, during his duty in the Pacific. The Japanese...
Inghram, Robert Downed at Dieppe
For Robert Inghram, Dieppe was his big day [Annotator's Note: the Allied raid on Dieppe, France in August 1942]. That...
Pilcher, Joseph Downing a Fw-190-D Over Germany
On the day Joseph Pilcher shot down an Fw-190 [Annotator’s Note: German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft], he was...
Bosworth, Paul Dresden and the 100th Bomb Group
Paul Bosworth was on a bombing mission just west of Dresden [Annotator's Note: Dresden, Germany]. They would normally...
Marcus, Bernard Drone Development and Testing
In early 1954, Bernard Marcus was visited by a colonel with the Signal Corps in Washington. The officer had been told...
Cascio, Roy Duties at Port Moresby then Island Hopping to Tokyo
Roy Cascio was a dispatcher for the motor pool [Annotator’s Note: for the 27th Air Supply Squadron, 27th Air Depot...
Jeffrey, Wallace Duty in England and D-Day
Wallace Jeffery arrived in Scotland and was transported by train to his new camp in England. He stayed there for four...
Cascio, Roy Duty in Tokyo
Roy Cascio only knew the atomic bombs ended the war [Annotator's Note: Nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...
Alison, John R. Early Flight Experiences
At Langley airbase, John Alison switched over to P-36 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-36 Hawk] pursuit aircraft. In a...
East, Clyde Early Life
Clyde East was born in 1921 on a Virginia tobacco farm. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was a share...
Schrader, Ernst Early Life
Ernst Schrader was born on a large estate that his father worked on near Hamburg, Germany in October 1919. Hamburg was...
Halvorsen, Gail Early Life and Air Force Career
Gail Halvorsen was born in October 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and his family moved to Garland, Utah. He competed...
McNeely, Marigold Early Life and Onset of War
Marigold "Margot" McNeely was born in London, England in 1926. She moved from London to a small seaside resort called...
Keller, Fred Early Life, Drafted into the Navy, and Deployment
Fred L. Keller Jr. was born Algiers, Louisiana in January 1924. After he graduated high school, he got a job working at...
Burke, Dracos Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Dracos Burke was born in September 1919 in New Iberia, Louisiana at a time when automobiles were rare. His father was a...
Serna, Fernando Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Corregidor
Fernando Serna was born in Laredo, Texas in October 1922. He was a senior in high school when the war started. He was...
Bolster, Elisabeth Early Life, Family, and Being a War Bride
Elisabeth Bolster was born in the Bavarian region in Germany. Upon arriving in the United States, she discovered that...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Early LIfe, Marriage, Loss and Red Cross
Blanche Marie (Gregory) Barnes Gangwere was born in 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up near Northeast High...
DeMott, Joseph Early War Duty in the Pacific
When the war started, Joseph DeMott was still working as a radio operator. His group was scheduled to take off for...
Porche, Albert Earning Respect
Albert Porche went into the service after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The armed forces were trying to recruit as many...
Morehead, James B. Earning the Distinguished Service Cross
When the Japanese moved their area of concentration from Australia to the Solomon Islands, James Morehead's 8th Fighter...
Baker, Sterling Eating Coconuts and Being Hit
Sterling Baker's records say that at Casablanca [Annotator's Note: Casablanca, Morocco] he was patrolling a lagoon, but...
Smith, Bernard Ecumenical Crew
Bernard Smith was very comfortable as an armorer gunner. He and his crew got along very well. They were ecumenical....
Walter, Robert Elsenborn Ridge
[Annotators Note: Robert Walter was a platoon sergeant in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th...
Johnson, John Encounter with the Enemy and Damage Repair
At Ormoc Bay, John E. Johnson drove his LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel also referred to as...
Glass, Jack End of the Solomon Islands Campaign
[Annotator's Note: Jack Glass served in the Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as an aviation radioman in Fighting...
Brukman, Jack End of the War
Jack Brukman could not tell the war was coming to a close. The airplanes he serviced as a ground crewman had been...
Hardy, George End of the War in Europe
George Hardy does not remember when he heard that the war was over. They knew it was close because they were running...
Harris, Robert End of War
After Operation Market Garden flights, Robert Harris continued flying transport and supply missions. He at times grew...
Hollis, Frederick End of War
Frederick Hollis saw the mood of the country after Kasserine Pass as being very negative. With many ships lost at Pearl...
Grant, Edward End of War Relief Missions
Edward Grant flew two liberation missions in Hungary. People were being forced to work in ammunition factories making...
Bryan, Donald Enemy attack on Y29
Y29 was a wonderful set up. They got there on 24 December [Annotator’s Note: 24 December 1944]. For the first time they...
Gross, Herbert Enemy Flak
On his 22nd mission, Herbert Gross bailed out over French Indochina in Japanese territory. It took eight days to walk...
Heilbrun, Herbert Enemy Opposition
Herbert Heilbrun wore long johns under woolen pants with a warm shirt under a Mae West [Annotator's Note: inflatable...

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