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Wayne Faulkner

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Before being deployed to the Pacific, Seabee Ensign Wayne Faulkner was sent to Gulfport to build and test artificial fog barges. The plan was to cover amphibious landings but simple wind changes made it useless. (5:55)

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Arriving on Okinawa late in the war, Wayne Faulkner had only heard a lot of shooting when two guard detachments took pot shots at each other. But when news of Japan’s surrender was announced, it was like the Fourth of July. (3:33)

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Wayne Faulkner’s Seabee Detachment was tasked with gathering and dispersing all military construction equipment from the Pacific theater. During this time, he found out firsthand what it was like to be in a typhoon. (4:01)

Wayne Waddell

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Wayne Waddell recounts his early life and the circumstances that led to his joining the Air Force. (8:09)

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Wayne Waddell recalls his first encounters flying in Vietnam and getting acquainted with taking many missions. (6:01)

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Wayne Waddell describes the circumstances in Thailand & Vietnam that led to his capture by the Chinese Liberation Army. (8:05)

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Wayne Waddell recounts some of the conditions he had to go through in the prison camps and the time that he was recorded by East German filmmakers and later identified by his family so that they knew he was a POW. (14:03)

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Wayne Waddell tells of the comrade he shared a prison cell with and the relationship that is formed in close quarters like that and the small things that happen that keep your spirits up. (6:00)

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Wayne Waddell remembers one of the tactics that his Vietnamese captors used to extract information from them and the extreme toll it took on some of the soldiers. (5:36)

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Wayne Waddell details the communication process that they had in the camp and the various things they could utilize to keep themselves sane. (8:46)