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Arthur Leach

WWII | Fighter Squadron 3, Air Group 3, USS Yorktown

Arthur Leach details the capabilities of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, a few close calls, and how U.S. aircraft compared to Japanese aircraft in the Pacific. (3:07)
Arthur Leach, a Navy fighter pilot, describes his missions in the Philippines during World War II. (2:13)
Arthur Mohor

WWII | 302nd Anti-Tank Company, 94th Infantry Division

When New Jersey boy Arthur Mohor graduated from high school, he wrestled with the two most important issues of his time, the looming war in Europe and the pursuit of ballrooms filled with Big Band dancing. (8:05)
"Is this a service unit?" New recruit Arthur Mohor was wondering where the train was going but the tall man in the fancy uniform only said, "This is the Army, that's all I'm telling you." "Well, where are we going?" The frightening reply was the beginning of the end of asking questions. (6:32)
Arthur Mohor's experience as a photographer gave him a good eye looking through the sight of his anti-tank gun. He was made a gunner and his unit went on maneuvers with the mighty 101st Airborne as an opponent. "We were skunked!" Then, at his last training stop, he was able to get in some Big Band dancing before shipping out. (7:15)
After crossing the Atlantic on a brand new luxury liner, Arthur Mohor had a lesson in absurdity. His unit was finally ashore in France, but they had an unbelievable task, baby sitting a giant water tank that no one seemed to know anything about. (8:32)
Arthur Sutton

WWII | Air Transport Command

Arthur Sutton, a C-46 pilot, describes the various and sometimes surprising types of cargo that he delivered and hauled back over the "Hump" during World War II. (2:12)
Arthur Sutton recalls some of the more unique experiences of his military career, when he got a chance to visit the "quiet room" at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the massive climate-controlled hangar at Eglin Air Force Base. (3:48)
After discovering his C-46 aircraft was known to be faulty, Arthur Sutton recollects the conflict that arose from questioning his superiors. (3:37)
While stationed in the China Burma India theater, Arthur Sutton remembers the attachment his fellow airmen came to feel for a regularly scheduled Japanese spy plane flyover. (2:55)