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Hap Chandler
Korea
| 13th Bomb Squadron
He'd proven himself in the skies of Europe but Hap Chandler was not done. He flew as navigator on a B-26 in Korea in a type of warfare that was totally different. This time it was single plane missions, finding and disrupting the enemy at night. (5:50)
B-26 navigator Hap Chandler recalls observing the release of American POWs by the Chinese at Panmunjom. They were greeted by chaplains, mail, showers and new clothes. He did lose friends in that war including his roommate who volunteered to fly extra missions. (5:31)
B-24 navigator Hap Chandler pays tribute to a dear friend from the war, George Brown. Brown led his bomb group to the furious battle in the sky above Schweinfurt where he witnessed some incredible sights. After the war he became a respected professor of mathematics. (1:39)
Hap Chandler gives his impression of kamikaze attacks in the Pacific based on stories from his friend, Captain Jim "Hoss" Williams who was in the 77th Infantry Division. (1:31)
Hap Chandler recalls a story told to him by Captain Jim "Hoss" Williams (77th Infantry Division) who tried to get rid of an annoying subordinate in an unconventional way in Japan. (:55)
Hap Chandler retells the story of his friend, Captain Jim "Hoss" Williams (77th Infantry Division), meeting Ernie Pyle, a famous war correspondent, before being attacked by the Japanese. (1:16)
Hap Chandler retells a story of tragedy on Okinawa as told to him by his friend, Captain Jim "Hoss" Williams who was in the 77th Infantry Division. (:25)
Harold Bobroff
WWII
| 3rd Marine Division
Harold "Hutch" Bobroff, Pharmacist, 1st Class remembers his surprise enlistment in the Navy and how civilian life as a butcher prepared him for the ugly sights and sounds of a Naval operating room. (5:20)
From marriage to Marines, Harold "Hutch" Bobroff recalls the series of events that quickly changed his life before seeing action in Iwo Jima. (3:55)
Thinking the battle of Guam was over, Harold "Hutch" Bobroff relives the nightmare of being shot by the enemy and how he felt after a young Japanese soldier was killed. (4:37)
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