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Dunne, Edward Reunion in North Africa
Edward Dunne [Annotator's Note: a crewmen aboard the USS LST-53] has no particular memory of D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied i
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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 1
Dupuy remembers times being hard during the Depression. They always had food to eat, but there were certain things that were not right.
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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 2
When Dupuy got his wings, his sisters came down for the ceremony.
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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 3
Dupuy remembers a mission to Joliet. They carried two thousand pound bombs on the P-40 [Annotators Note: American P-40 Warhawk fighter planes].
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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 4
Dupuy flew air support for the Marines who were landing on Tinian [Annotators Note: July 1944].
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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 5
Dupuy was rotated out after his escort missions on Truk. There was no system of rotation for pilots in the Pacific like there was in Europe.
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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 6
Dupuy and his flight were coming back from Kyushu [Annotators Note: Japanese main island].
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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 7
Dupuy recalls a certain sense of invincibility that stayed with him. He knew death was around every corner but he kept it out of his mind.
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Durio, Aristide Occupation of Japan and Returning Home
Aristide "A.D." Durio and his unit [Annotator's Note: 43rd Infantry Division] was loading up to invade Japan.
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Durio, Aristide Preparing to Invade Japan
After basic training, Aristide "A.D." Durio was sent to Fort Meade, Maryland [Annotator's Note: Fort George G.
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Durio, Aristide Prewar and Enlistment
Aristide "A.D." Durio was born in Sunset, Louisiana in July 1926 and grew up there.
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Durocher, Edmund Attacks from the Air
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regimen