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Esther McNeil grew up on a farm in western Pennsylvania. She was the sixth of eight children.After going into nursing...

Charles Poston had 13 hours and ten minutes of flying time when there was a call for volunteers to go to test pilot...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee randomly claps his hands throughout segment.] Harold Hughes served with the 1305th Army...

Joel Varner had no desire to stay in the Army Air Forces. He wanted an education. He went right back to college. He got...

Roy H. Matsumoto was almost killed at the Myitkyina [Annotator's Note: Myitkyina, Burma; now Myitkyina, Myanmar]...

On 20 September and 18 December [Annotator's Note: 1943] Robert Liles had very successful mission. They were moving...

Within hours any ship passing the destroyer escorts loaded with prisoners would receive prisoners from those destroyer...

Sandford Robert Willford [Annotator's Note: a flying instructor with the US Army Air Forces] was sent to school to...

Cortland Claus was born in May 1925 in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada. He spent his first 10 years going through grade four...

Berle Wheeler experienced Japanese air raids but slit trenches protected him from the attacks [Annotator's Note: he was...

Lester Shapiro's experience before getting to Burma [Annotator's Note: present day Myanmar], was guarding some oil...

John Alison was requested to pick up a P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft] and fly it to...

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