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Goyette, Donald Settling on Saipan
When Donald F. Goyette first landed on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands], conditions were fairly rough...
Goodwin, Hersey The War Ends
When Hersey Goodwin was discharged, it was after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Higgins, Archibald Flying a B-24 Liberator
Archibald Higgins flew the four-engine B-24J [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24J Liberator heavy bomber]. It was a...
McGee, Joseph Life in the Pacific and Combat Missions
Joseph F. McGee Junior flew 97 missions in World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th...
Bederson, Benjamin Forcing the Conclusion of the War
In Benjamin Bederson's estimation, his experience at Los Alamos, New Mexico, qualified him as a physicist. He worked...
Baile, Richard No Regrets
Richard Baile and other airmen who took part in the nighttime firebombing raid on Tokyo still have reunions. At one the...
Charles, Howard Building the Burma Railway
Howard Robert Charles was part of the prisoner of war force that worked 14 months on building the Burma Railroad from...
Scherer, Monroe Postwar Life
Monroe Scherer took advantage of the G.I Bill and went to NYU [Annotator's Note: New York University, New York, New...
Woodall, Wendall Firebombing Tokyo and Late War Daylight Bombing
[Annotator's Note: Wendall Woodall served in the US Army Air Forces as a blister gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress...
Shown, Donald Indianapolis and the Atomic Bomb
Donald Herbert Shown and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] completed delivery of atomic bomb [...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Lucky Spot to Be
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded above the city on...
Gackenbach, Russell Tinian
Russell Gackenbach had no idea where Tinian was located when he arrived there. He only knew it was close to Japan. At...

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