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Kirkpatrick, Otto War's End
Otto Kirkpatrick thought England was nice. The English welcomed them. It was another culture.
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Kirkpatrick, Teddy Bombing Missions, Part 1
Assigned as a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] gunner with the 527th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment
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Kirkpatrick, Teddy Bombing Missions, Part 2
Teddy Kirkpatrick continues recounting several of the missions he flew as a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber]
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Kirkpatrick, Teddy Final Mission and Going Home
The B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] bomber crews typically did not fly every day; numerous factors, especial
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Kirkpatrick, Teddy Gunnery School, Overseas Deployment and Formation Flying
Having completed basic training in the Army Air Forces, Teddy Kirkpatrick was sent to aircraft mechanics school in Gulfport, Mississippi.
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Kirkpatrick, Teddy Postwar and Final Thoughts
At the conclusion of World War 2, Teddy Kirkpatrick returned to Michigan.
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Kirkpatrick, Teddy Prewar Life and Initial Training
Teddy Kirkpatrick was born in July 1923 in Highland Park, Michigan.
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Kirkpatrick, Teddy Wartime Reflections
Teddy Kirkpatrick reflects on the events in his life during World War 2, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Kissam, Edward Becoming a Marine
[Annotator's Note: Edward Kissam was in the US Merchant Marine aboard the SS Thomas Nelson Page.
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Kissam, Edward China and Home
[Annotator's Note: Edward Kissam was serving in the US Marine Corps as a navigator on cargo planes in China after the war ended.
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Kissam, Edward Overseas to the Mediterranean and Joining the Marines
Edward Kissam was assigned to a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], the SS Thomas Nelson Page in Norfolk
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Kissam, Edward Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Edward Kissam returned from the war and had a lot of family problems to deal with.]. Kissam did use the G.I. Bill.