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The B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] bomber crews typically did not fly every day;...
Maurice Hackler's final mission gave him some concern. The departure of his pilot after Hackler's 30th mission meant...
Adolfo V. Celaya sailed to Tinian [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) delivering key components of...
Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...
Carl Platkin usually went to London [Annotator’s Note: London, England] alone because he had a couple of girlfriends...
James "Jim" Marshall and his unit [Annotator's Note: 499th Bombardment Group, 73rd Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force]...
Richard "Dick" Schneider became a spare tail gunner after the loss of his former crew mates. It was not his preference...
Charles Graves Chauncey did very few daylight missions and during those missions he would fly low. Most of his daylight...
When Calvin Barrick was going to submarine school in New London he signed up for the Navy's V-12 program which was...
Ralph Weymouth was awarded the Navy Cross for the Battle of the Philippine Sea. He was given the award for his...
Walter Ram and his fellow crewmates had to wait for another airplane before continuing their bombing missions. A female...
Roger Shaw boarded another ship after his assignment as captain of the Army transport. The ship had a radio operator...
On 5 July [Annotator's Note: 5 July 1945], after refuel and refit in Perth [Annotator's Note: Perth, Australia], John...
Nick Cristiano says his crew were nice boys. He was anxious to go on his first mission [Annotator's Note: January 1945...
[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber in the 53rd...
[Annotator's Note: Wendall Woodall served in the US Army Air Forces as a blister gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress...
Jack Thornhill went to see the destroyer on exhibit in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: the USS Kidd (DD-661)]. Even...
When Donald Bryan was going to junior college the US was paying for pilot training [Annotator’s Note: the Civilian...
Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...
Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...
[Annotator's Note: Romus Valtin Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in Company K...
After one mission, Sandford Robert Willford [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th...
The F6F Hellcat [Annotator's Note: Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft] was very tough [Annotator's Note: when...
[Annotator's Note: Richard Asbury went to England and was checked out in the North American P-51 Mustang fighter...
Hersey Goodwin does not remember his first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 11th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force]....
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. landed in Algiers [Annotator's Note: Algiers, Algeria] in North Africa and was billeted [...
As a replacement aircrewman, Wendell Galbraith was received with open arms. One of the raids in August [Annotator's...
Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] was lousy to Louis J. Armentaro because it was hot. He spent a week there...
Harold Buell flew his first combat mission at Midway on anti-submarine reconnaissance. He had only one prior experience...
Around the second week of September [Annotator's Note: September 1944], Milton Moxon and the 94th Infantry Division...
Ralph Weymouth was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] in San Diego when he learned of the...
Anton Jaber went ashore [Annotator's Note: across Omaha Beach, Normandy, France] around 13 July 1944. He went to an...
According to Harry Snyder, anyone entering combat in Normandy between D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of...
About a day away from Hawaii, while John H. Cole was headed for Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall...
Robert Harris flew his first combat mission over France on D-Day. [Annotator’s Note: D-Day was on 6 June 1944 when...

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