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Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk

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While stationed in England, Dutch Van Kirk gives a walk-through of a typical B-17 bombing mission and talks about how tricky flying in formations could be. (4:18)

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Dutch Van Kirk, a B-17 navigator, describes a few memorable missions he flew over North Africa. (2:24)

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Dutch Van Kirk remembers taking part in the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests after the end of World War II. (1:48)

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Dutch Van Kirk describes the specific orders he was given for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, and gives a brief timeline of events leading up to the mission. (3:52)

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On his sixth mission over Europe, Dutch Van Kirk remembers his B-17 being jumped by a group of German fighters. (2:59)

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Dutch Van Kirk gives a detailed account of his mission to deliver the atomic bomb to Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. (9:37)

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In preparation for dropping the atomic bomb, Dutch Van Kirk recalls practicing on Japanese factories with non-atomic payloads. (:55)

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Dutch Van Kirk compares the differences between the B-17 aircraft he flew in over Europe and the B-29 he flew in delivering the first atomic bomb to Hiroshima. (:52)

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Shortly after arriving in North Africa, Dutch Van Kirk describes the memorable sight of an invasion fleet steaming through the Strait of Gibraltar in 1942. (1:04)

Thien Van Huynh

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Thien Van Huynh grew up in Nha Trang, Vietnam, where he went to high school and eventually started his family. Then everything changed with the start of the Vietnam war, when north and south chose opposing sides. (5:45)