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Al Muller

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As an aeronautical engineer, Al Muller had done a lot of interesting work in the Air Force, but as a Forward Air Controller flying out of Thailand, he added the experience of war to his resume. After targeting a vast ammo dump that burned for two weeks, he got a surprise when he returned from R & R. (10:06)

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Forward Air Controller Al Muller had some tense moments when he was confronted by a MIG during a flight. There was also some tension when he encountered a Special Forces soldier who offered him a drink from a skull, but not for long. (5:21)

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At the Air Force Safety Office on his last assignment, Al Muller worked for two legendary fliers, Robin Olds and Chuck Yeager, each with colorful stories surrounding them. Those two embodied an espirit de corps that Al found lacking when he visited bases in his post-service career. (5:03)

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Al Muller recalls how his survival training for the steamy Asian jungle was conducted at the top of a mountain in sub-freezing temperatures. At least the pine bough bed was comfortable. (3:19)

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Al Muller gives a surprising answer regarding the hardest thing about being Safety Officer, and recalls how an accident investigation uncovered problems in maintenance. (4:20)

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After his Air Force career, Al Muller worked on some very interesting research, including a burning wing that squirted the craft forward like the squeezing of a watermelon seed and a non-aerodynamic rotating wing that puffed air out through slits. (3:41)

Al Quern

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Al Quern, a steam and diesel engineer in the Merchant Marine, recalls in detail the series of events after his ship was hit by two German torpedoes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in 1943. (14:26)

Al Samsel

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Young draftee Al Samsel says he learned important lessons in basic training and it would be good if everyone had to go through it. He thought he would be sent to Europe as a replacement but instead was put on a train for California and the Pacific. (4:58)

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Seasick? It's as sick as you can get, remembers Al Samsel. His Pacific crossing took him to the Philippines, where he went in with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his promised "return." They moved through the countryside in a clean up operation against isolated Japanese and nearly became victims of friendly fire. (6:11)

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Like many in the Pacific, Al Samsel was training for the invasion of the Japanese homeland when news came about the atomic bombs. Instead of invading them, he got to know the Japanese people while assigned to post war duty. (3:52)