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At 1840 on May 3rd, 1945, Commander William Sanders watched 25 radar contacts converge on his destroyer Mind Sweeper north of Okinawa. 15 years Navy…

At 11:47 a.m. on December 31st, 1944, Captain Glenn Rojan felt a violent shutter tear through his B7 Flying Fortress 20,000 ft above the North…

At 9:42 a.m. on July 14th, 1944, First Lieutenant Evald Swanson sat in the cockpit of a B17G flying fortress nicknamed Mispa, watching black clouds…

At 7:10 on the morning of June 4th, 1942, First Lieutenant James Murie dropped to 200 feet above the Pacific Ocean, watching 30 Japanese Zero…

At 23:45 on October 19th, 1942, Lieutenant Robert Lynch crouched behind the wheel of PT48 watching three Japanese Dhatsu barges cut through the Blackwater off…

At 7:30 a.m. on October 31st, 1943, Technical Sergeant Arthur Beno crouched behind the twin 50 caliber machine guns in the top turret of a…

At 07:30 on October 24th, 1944, Commander David McCambell climbed into the cockpit of his F6F5 Hellcat on the flight deck of USS Essex, watching…

At 06:15 on January 30th, 1944, First Lieutenant Robert Hansen strapped into the cockpit of his F4U1 Corsair at Pea North airfield, watching 18 Grumman…

At 1420 on November 2nd, 1944, First Lieutenant Bruce Carr felt his P-51D Mustang shudder as German anti-aircraft fire ripped through the engine over Czechoslovakia,…