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Veteran recalls 1945 firebombing raids over Japan
A former B 29 pilot describes 12 hour firebombing missions over Kobe Osaka and Nagoya in 1945. He recalls tough fuel limits and enemy fighters, notes crews included David Oreck and Arnold Spitz, and explains postwar mercy flights dropping supplies to POW camps. He criticizes left wing critics and reflects on his 53 year marriage.
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Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Philippines
U.S
Hunter
Japan
Kobe
Osaka
Nagoya
Tennessee
David Oreck
Eightound
Anoth
Arnold Spitz
Mark Spitz
Oreck
Spitz
Saipan
Tinian
Enola Gay
Hiroshima
Paul Tibbetts
Charles Duke of
Wagoner
Raio
Due
Tibbetts
Duke
Mary