I wanted to be a pilot but I washed out. I washed out-I wanted to be a bombardier after that, but by then they didn't need any more bombardiers. So it was either electrical or mechanical and I couldn't mess with that electrical so that's how I became a mechanic.

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One night I remember just watching this sunset. It looked just like the Japanese flag. It was a beautiful thing to see. I don't know why, but it was just beautiful.

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They were still taking the island with bulldozers and flame throwers–they still had the last third of the island to take–but we were in there, fixing engines.

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It made for some long goddamn nights I can tell you that. They were out to kill us.

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