. . John Downs John Downs entered the US Army Air Corps on June 19, 1943. He served as a sargeant in the 5th Air Force in the South Pacific. missing video/audio

. . Ken Coleman missing image Ken Coleman served in the China-Burma-India theater with the Army Air Corps during WWII. missing video/audio

. . Ralph Carrington Ralph Carrington served with the Army Air Corps during WW II.  But he almost didn’t get in.  When he volunteered for service in 1942, it was discovered that he was colorblind.  But a year later, as the war escalated, Ralph was drafted into the Army and

. . Sam Cammarata Sam Cammarata grew up in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood.  At 94, he fondly recalls it as a wonderful place to live—ethnically rich and always exciting. After dropping out of high school, Sam went into the service in early 1940 (before US involvement in the war) and he

. . Bob Buckler of Glenshaw, Pennsylvania is ninety, but he clearly remembers joining the Army because high school wasn’t working out for him.  Besides, his buddy had already enlisted and he wanted to do his part for the war effort, too. Bob trained as a B-17 tail gunner, flying 22

. . John Bozek On Sunday, December 7, 1941, John Bozek, then a high school senior in Detroit, heard the famous radio announcement of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.  The next day he and some buddies headed straight for the federal building in downtown Detroit, intent on enlisting in the