PERSONAL ANECDOTES (Various Authors)
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A 40th BG incident related in the book "Retribution" by Sir Max Hastings
"The Effort at Tinian" from the 112th Naval Construction Battalion
"The War Years" by Paul W. Hunter
"Over The Mountains in Western China" by Cletus Nelson
"Tinian" by Col. Charles T. VanVliet
"Stretching Gas Consumption" by Dick Veach
"A Letter From Tinian" by Howard Eppler
"Bailout of #42-6281", 10/25/44, and Crew Rescue. (Russell Elwell)
The Complete Collection of 81 War Stories of the 40th Bomb Group by Ira V. Matthews
"Last Run of the Rankless Wreck" (J. Ivan Potts)
"Tribute to a Combat Crew" (Ira V. Matthews)
"Rangoon Rescue" (Bill Rooney)
A Collection of 8 Stories (Bob Sanders)
S/Sgt. Russ Locandro and his "Stateside 7" orchestra
"Men Against The Sea" as published by the Air Force Association
"The Boat Trip to India", Ed Vickery's Story.
"A Perilous Take-off (from Hsingching)" by Howard Eppler
The Crash of #291 with Capt. Alvin Hills (from Harry Changnon)
"A Very Close Call" by Howard Eppler
"I Shot Out Our Own Engine" by Calvin Brown
"The Shortened Life of B-29 42-6268" by Howard Eppler
"A Royal Buzz Job" written by Howard Eppler
"Stomping A Cobra" written by Howard Eppler
"Mothership Mission from Iwo" written by Jim Drnek
"Bailout of "Sister Sue", B-29 #42-6342, October 14, 1944, written by Cal Brown and Ted Urban
"A Letter Home written from Tinian 9/3/45 by Capt. Henry Roenigk, M.D.
"Recollections of the War by Vic Dison, Tail Gunner, 25th Squadron