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World War 2

Click on Veteran's photo to see their Ledgend. These American Heros served during the World War 2.

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I live in the San Diego area but have traveled to many locations to interview and photograph Veterans.

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Appointments usually last an hour. But please free up time for Mickey to set up lights and cameras, hold the interview, and take some still photographers for in the project.

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Yes is the simple answer to the question. Each appointment is set up as an individual session. Group sessions have been set up when I visited a senior living facility or many of the California Veterans Homes.

US Army Air Corps Corporal World War II Claude Aksup was born on May 21st, 1926. Claude enlisted on July 1st, 1944, in the Army and was selected to serve with the Army Air Corps, the predecessor to the Air Force. He reported for Basic Training and was selected for Advanced Individual Training (AIT) as a Nose Gunner. Corporal Aksup was trained as a Nose turret gunner on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator Heavy bomber crew in a turret with twin 50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns. The Liberator carried a crew of up to 10 men, with various duties, including gunners. Claude received this training at March Field in Riverside, CA, followed by additional squadron qualification training at Langley Field in Virginia, before deploying with his squadron. Corporal Aksups squadron was training for the low-level bombardment campaign against Japan when the war ended after the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, before these missions were conducted. Claude loved to fly, and this was his main reason for enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He logged hundreds of hours of flight time and was grateful for all that time in the air. Before his release from service, his Air Group was reclassified, and he was transferred to Greensboro, North Carolina. He had additional time in service and was selected for reassignment as an X-ray lab technician. He enjoyed this work and said he almost chose it as a permanent field after his service. Claude was honorably discharged on May 19th, 1946. and returned to Los Angeles, and married Margaret "Margie" Aksup 6 months after his return. They had one child, William.

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Claude Aksup - WW2 Veterans - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series — US Army Air Corps Corporal World War II Claude Aksup was born on May 21st, 1926. Claude enlisted on July 1st, 1944, in the Army and was selected to serve with the Army Air Corps, the predecessor to the Air Force. He reported for Basic Training and was selected for Advanced Individual Training (AIT) as a Nose Gunner. Corporal Aksup was trained as a Nose turret gunner on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator Heavy bomber crew in a turret with twin 50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns. The Liberator carried a crew of up to 10 men, with various duties, including gunners. Claude received this training at March Field in Riverside, CA, followed by additional squadron qualification training at Langley Field in Virginia, before deploying with his squadron. Corporal Aksups squadron was training for the low-level bombardment campaign against Japan when the war ended after the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, before these missions were conducted. Claude loved to fly, and this was his main reason for enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He logged hundreds of hours of flight time and was grateful for all that time in the air. Before his release from service, his Air Group was reclassified, and he was transferred to Greensboro, North Carolina. He had additional time in service and was selected for reassignment as an X-ray lab technician. He enjoyed this work and said he almost chose it as a permanent field after his service. Claude was honorably discharged on May 19th, 1946. and returned to Los Angeles, and married Margaret "Margie" Aksup 6 months after his return. They had one child, William.