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Nimrod McNair

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Nimrod "Mac" McNair remembers a time he was stuck in the Vietnamese jungle and received an unpleasant surprise from one of the local residents. (1:58)

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Nimrod "Mac" McNair recalls being surprised by a Messerschmitt ME262, Germany's first jet aircraft, while making a routine test flight. (:58)

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Nimrod "Mac" McNair describes clandestine missions carrying nuclear payloads into Soviet airspace during the Cold War. (3:58)

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Nimrod "Mac" McNair relives a mission to retrieve a P-38 aircraft during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944. (5:26)

Nollie Carpenter

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His brother was already up at Fort Knox so Nollie Carpenter told them during classification that he wanted to drive a tank. It worked and he joined his brother there. He even got to drive a tank during training but he was destined to be a radio operator. (4:41)

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Nollie Carpenter sailed out into the Pacific with a small group of replacements for the 1st Cavalry Division. First stop was New Guinea, where he unloaded ships and worked in the post office. Through that job he located a cousin who was on the same island. Finally he got transport to join the division in the Admiralty Islands. (7:03)

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When Nollie Carpenter joined his Cavalry unit in the Admiralty Islands, he heard how he had just missed the Banzai attacks. His regiment was camped on a small island that was lined from shore to shore with tents. They were preparing to invade the Philippines but first, how about a nice USO show? (4:05)

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The Philippines is where Nollie Carpenter first saw combat. He landed on Leyte near Samar and started tromping through rice paddies. From a rise overlooking the ocean, he watched Japanese planes attacking ships until the shrapnel got close. (4:25)

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At the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, the Japanese had been holding thousands of prisoners. Nollie Carpenter describes how the 8th Cavalry Regiment liberated them with little opposition. On the way into the city, they passed a gruesome scene where locals were torturing a Japanese collaborator. (5:22)

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Nollie Carpenter's platoon was assigned a Filipino guide for their patrols. One day, he took Nollie to his home for a meal and, guess what? He had sisters! (4:57)