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Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 3
The engines on the plane that Thatcher was working with were in phenomenal shape due to the diligence they displayed in...
Rall, Gunther Segment 3
The Americans had very qualified airplanes in the P-51 and P-47. He remembered that the P-47 could keep a higher speed...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 3
On 7 April [Annotators Note: 1945] the Luftwaffe put up a huge effort consisting of many types of fighters. Richard...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 3
The Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-10)] was gone when Feightner arrived at Pearl Harbor so he went down...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 3
Alexander Jefferson’s plane name was “Bubble Blue Subsoil” [Annotator’s Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 3
Ben Kuroki learned that it did not matter that he had flown 30 missions, or that he had a chest full of ribbons. An...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 4
Lyle Bouck did not meet many civilians in Belgium. Someone higher up had gone through the towns and villages and...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 4
There had been numerous plans for the 101st [Annotator's note: 101st Airborne Division] but none came about until the...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 4
Clarence Anderson describes how the P-51 Mustang [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] came...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 4
Sicily was an easier operation than Italy. Theodore Finkbeiner and his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd...
Leahr, John Segment 4
An average escort mission would last for 5 to 6 hours but some lasted 7 hours or more. That was a long time to be in a...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 4
A few minutes after 7:00 [Annotator's Note: 7:00 a.m., 7 December 1941] one of the plotters made some entries on the...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 4
When they left St. Lo, they were in dairy and farming country. The farms were laid out in squares and there were mounds...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 4
Edward LaPorta was a halftrack driver during his first battle. He remembers that they had nothing to fight with except...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 4
Yellin taxied and saw mounds of Japanese bodies [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima]. Bulldozers were pushing the bodies...
Stinson, Handy Segment 4
With all of the different kinds of huts that the Filipinos used they mainly used armor-piercing ammunition because...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 4
There was a problem with some of the arming switches in the Bombing 3 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 3] bombers....
Sherman, Richard Segment 4
When they finally stopped they were a couple feet away from a hut. The next morning there were people working on the...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 4
The GI that helped Currey with the bazooka was Adam Lucero.Currey recalled the events of the actions that lead to him...
Snapp, Helen Segment 4
Snapp enjoyed flying the PQ-8. It had tricycle landing gear and it was fun and easy to land. It was highly maneuverable...
Jackson, Donald Segment 4
In Africa they were out in the desert were the French Foreign Legion was training and were headquartered. They worked...
De Mers, William Segment 4
They kept moving up trying to find the Japanese [Annotator's Note: on the island of New Guinea]. There was a supply...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 4
[Annotators Note: John Vessey served in the army as the First Sergeant of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,...
Christie, Robert Segment 4
Robert Christie was in combat for a few weeks before his tank was hit. They had to bail out of their tank. He was not...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 4
Dupuy flew air support for the Marines who were landing on Tinian [Annotator’s Note: July 1944]. The invasion took...
Greer, Richard Segment 4
Richard Greer experienced some bayonet fighting during the Battle for Henderson Field but more so at Point Cruz. They...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 4
Years ago Delewski did an interview for National Geographic. He accompanied his commanding officer Captain Becton [...
Noack, John Segment 4
John Noack and his crew finally got a plane. They took their time in breaking it in. Finally they received orders to go...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 4
Lynn Compton was not told about the upcoming invasion while he was in Holborn. Compton could tell by the outlay of land...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 4
The planes did not form up, instead they headed out one by one. They also did not go up to their normal cruising height...
Crain, Joe Segment 4
When Crain got a chance to examine his boat he noticed there were about 50 to 75 marks in the steel where bullets had...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Charles Scheffel served in the army as an infantry officer. He was sent to England with five other...
Van Kirk,Theodore "Dutch" Segment 4
Theodore Van Kirk was the group navigator for the 509th Bombardment Group [Annotator's Note: 509th Composite Group]....
Rall, Gunther Segment 4
On 12 May 1944, there was a big air raid with 800 bombers and top cover from Hub Zemke and his wolf pack. They came...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 4
Hopkins was the 33rd plane to take off. It was the 1st time that Hopkins took off carrying a live bomb. After he took...

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