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Pike, Henry Prewar Life to Marine
Henry Quinton Pike [Annotator's Note: An announcement interrupts interview from 0:00:19.000 to 0:00:36.000] was born in March 1924 in a mining
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Pike, Henry Russell Islands
Henry Quinton Pike was part of the 3rd Raider Battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Raider Battalion] which invaded the Russell Islands [Ann
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Pike, Henry Training for Guerilla Warfare
Henry Quinton Pike was part of the 3rd Raider Battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Raider Battalion].
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Pilcher, Joseph Aircraft Evolution and Standing Airborne Alert
Flying the B-47 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-47 Sratojet subsonic strategic bomber] was great, according to Joseph Pilcher, but refueling, avoi
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Pilcher, Joseph Combat Duty in Europe
Replacement pilots were in high demand in Europe so Joseph Pilcher was sent to Rennes, France for assignment to a combat squadron [Annotator's
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Pilcher, Joseph Combat in the P-47
When he arrived on the European continent, Joseph Pilcher was assigned to the 378th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, 19th Tactical Air Comman
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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 flying wingman to an older, mor
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Pilcher, Joseph Early Life and Motivations
In Brussels, Belgium, Joseph Pilcher was surprised to run into his former typing teacher from Lafayette High School [Annotator's Note: in Lafa
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Pilcher, Joseph Enlistment and Training
Joseph Pilcher was born in March 1925 and at the age of 17, the Army Air Corps allowed him to test for cadet training.
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Pilcher, Joseph Postwar Life and Flying During the Cold War
Joseph Pilcher said that when the war ended in Europe, it seemed like every aircraft in the 9th Air Force went airborne.
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Pilcher, Joseph Reflections
Joseph Pilcher volunteered for the armed forces during World War 2 because he thought it was his duty; he, like everyone he knew, wanted to contrib
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Pilcher, Joseph Retirement and Recollection
When he retired from Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, in February 1967 after 24 years of service, Joseph Pilcher was a lieutenant co