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Michael Diederich
Michael Diederich Sr. wanted to be an entertainer. He grew up dancing, and with his partner was the Florida State Swing Dance Champion in the late 30s. When WWII broke out, he enlisted and was assigned as a nose gunner and bombardier on a B-24. After completing 35 combat missions, he volunteered to work as a USO puppeteer in the Pacific Theater. In this interview he discusses his career in show business, his wartime service, and his life after the war.
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Vincent G. Lisanti
“Dear Son, What On Earth Are You Doing In A Prison Camp?” A B-24 Pilot Recollects
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Raul Dominguez
“We Know What Freedom Is”: A Cuban Immigrant Flying For America In Vietnam
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James L. Dozier
“I Told Her Don’t Worry”: From Vietnam To Being Kidnapped By Communists In Italy
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Michael Diederich
From Dropping Bombs to Entertaining Troops: A Showman Serves in the Army Air Corps
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Ron Braasch
“I Knew We Were Going When The Ammo Showed Up”: Transitioning From An Enlisted Tanker In Iraq To A Commissioned Aviator in Afghanistan
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Albert Hokins
“It’s Fun To Do Stuff When You Have All The Aces”: An Air Force Officer From USMA 61
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Arthur J. Ryan III
The Early Phase of Airmobility in Vietnam from “Super Gunner Six”
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Adeline Lee Finkle
Waiting for News: A POW’s Spouse Tells Her Story
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Norman Lear
“They Don’t All Hit The Targets:” A Television Visionary Recounts His Experiences as a B-17 Crewman
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Michael G. Rutledge
“A Career Filled With Detours”: From SEAL to Night Stalker
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Eric Rairdon
“I Got This Reputation As A Crazy Pilot”: Flying A LOACH At Hamburger Hill
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Tony Marshall
“From The Hilton To The Zoo”: An F4 Weapons Systems Officer Reflects On Flying And Captivity In Vietnam
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R. Dennis Kerr
Not My Will, But The Army’s: Three Decades of Service to the Nation
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William R. Upton
“It Was Our Airplane; We Let The Pilots Use It”: A Crew Chief With The Gray Tigers In Vietnam
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Willie King
“I Had To Prove That I Was Better”: Night Jumper Bravo, The Only Black Pathfinder In The 4th Infantry Division
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Shane Kimbrough
Serving America And All Humanity: Leadership And Teamwork As An Army Aviator And Astronaut
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Porter Halyburton
“Long-Term Non-Specific Optimism”: Surviving The Hanoi Hilton
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Ken Roach
“Support The Guys On The Ground”: Flying With The Kingsmen In Vietnam
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Kera Rolsen
The Author Of Her Own Story: An Air Force Electronic Warfare Officer On Achieving Success
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Richard Albert Scott
Dodging Flak and Fighters in the Wild Blue Yonder: A B-24 Bombardier’s Story
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Robert Morris & Ron Azdell
“Coming In Pretty Hot”: Shot Down On Lam Son 719, March 8, 1971
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Joe Barrett
“Low, Slow, And Dangerous”: An Ordnance Soldier In The “Burma Bridge Busters”
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Curt Bodin
“Becoming Part Of The Aircraft”: Flying In Vietnam With The Comancheros, “God’s Own Lunatics”
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Jess Victor Ziccarello Sr.
“Every Plane Had A Life Of Its Own”: Thirty-Five Missions As A Navigator In The 8th Air Force
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Jimmy F. Blackmon
“We Fought Every Day That Year”: Task Force Pale Horse in Afghanistan
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William Lyons
A Mustang Over Europe
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Lindsay (Gordon) Heisler
“Aviate, Navigate, And Communicate”: Attack Aviation Along The Afghanistan Border
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Guy Gruters
“Cleared In Hot On My Heading; Hit My Smoke”: From A Bird Dog To A Misty FAC To The Hanoi Hilton
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Jim Hanson
We Were All Miserable Together: Combat And Camaraderie In Vietnam
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Stephen C. Darrah
“I Did Everything I Could To Bring Everybody Home”: An Attack Helicopter Pilot In Vietnam
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Stephen H Greene
“A Zen-Like Thing”: Flying A Huey In Vietnam With The 173rd Casper Platoon
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Walter Tanaka
Reflections Of A Huey Crew Chief In The 173rd Airborne Brigade
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John Michael McGrath
“Forgive My Sins ‘Cause Here I Come”: A Naval Aviator On The Attack And In Prison In Vietnam
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Chuyen Nguyen
A Vietnamese Skyraider Pilot Escapes To America
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Elmo C. "Mo" Baker
“See You Guys After The War”: An Air Force Pilot In Peace, War, And Captivity
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Eugene P. Deatrick Jr.
“One Helluva Career”: Testing Planes And Rescuing A POW In The Air Force
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Bob Chambers
“The Debt I Have To Pay”: From Childhood In An Internment Camp To Service In Vietnam
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Leon "Lee" Ellis
“And Now The Fat Is In The Fire”: An F-4 Phantom Pilot On Missions Over Vietnam And Captivity In The Hanoi Hilton
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John "Doc" Bahnsen
“Find ‘Em, Fix ‘Em, And Kill ‘Em”: Air Cav in Vietnam
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Harvey Horn
“I Ran To Enlist And I Ran To Get Out”: A WWII POW Recounts His Experience
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Louis B. "Buzz" Trevathan
“I Planned To Go To West Point For As Long As I Can Remember”: A ’67 Graduate In Vietnam And Berlin
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Tom Bristol
“Don’t Be Afraid”: A Tail Gunner In The “Burma Bridge Busters”
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Walter Brant
“Suspected Hippie In Transit”: One Man’s Journey From The Air Force To The Family Business With A Dash Of Wanderlust
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Dao Truc
A South Vietnamese Pilot On Flying, Fighting, And Perseverance
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Makonen Campbell
“Seeing The World In A Different Way”: 29 Years As A Soldier, An NCO, And An Officer
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