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Knutson, Caroll Liberation and War's End
Carroll Knutson and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were liberated by Patton [Annotator's Note: US...
Hanley, Fiske Life as a Special Prisoner
On 26 March 1945, Fiske Hanley II [Annotator's Note: with the 504th Bombardment Group, 313th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air...
Hayashi, Nobuo Surviving Aerial Bombings and the Japanese Government
While living in Japan during World War 2, Nobuo Hayashi describes that the bombings would happen during the day, while...
Jones, Clyde Atomic bomb and return home
In this segment, Jones remembers that while they didn’t know specifics about the atomic bomb, they knew something was...
Gackenbach, Russell Atomic Bomb Mission
On 6 August 1945, Russell Gackenbach was ordered on a special mission to Japan. At three o’clock in the morning, his...
Carroll, Orville War's End and Returning Home
While on Guam, Orville Carroll and some men built a small bamboo chapel, where they would sing without instruments....
Broussard, Lee Typhoon Cobra and Fighting the Japanese
Lee R. Broussard was working for Admiral Nimitz's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander...
Reed, Robert Flying in the Pacific
Robert Frederick Reed's unit trained with rockets in Hawaii, after having trained for bombing and torpedoes. Reed...
Russell, Richard The B-24 and Feelings Toward the Japanese
Richard T. Russell, Jr. and his crew [Annotator's Note: flying a Consolidated B-24 Liberator with the 43rd Bombardment...
Zamperini, Louis 1936 Berlin Olympics, Military Training and Bombing Wake Island
Louis Zamperini qualified for the 1936 Olympics and went to New York to compete with Don Lash [Annotator's Note: Donald...
Marshall, James Final Missions
James "Jim" Marshall and his unit [Annotator's Note: 499th Bombardment Group, 73rd Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force]...
Cristiano, Nick Monkey and Weasel
Nick Cristiano says the Japanese guards [Annotator's Note: at Ofuna prisoner of war camp, Kamakura, Japan] were bored...

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