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Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 1
Baldwin was born on 7 February 1922 in Jasper, Alabama. His family moved to Birmingham in 1928 when he was 6 years old.
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Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 2
The next morning, possibly around 3 am, Baldwin and the rest of Cannon Company were told to get ready to go ashore.
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Ballew, Thomas Military Training
Thomas Ballew briefly considered joining the Marine Corps but decided that he would wait to be called up. He was drafted in June 1943.
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Barfoot, Van The CCC, Joining the Army and Fighting in Sicily and Italy
Van Barfoot first served with the 1st Infantry Division after he enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Barrick, Calvin New Georgia then going home
[Annotators Note: Robert Addison served in the US Marine Corps in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] After Bloody Ridge they went up the Matanikau.
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Bell, Bryan Segment 1
Bell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 15th, 1918. Before the war, Bell had a business manufacturing desserts.
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Berkman, Harold Returning Home
Harold Berkman returned to the United States via New York harbor. He arrived at night with the Statue of Liberty and the city lit up.
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Beverstein, Jack Civil Rights Era
Jack Beverstein and one other FBI [Annotator's Note: Federal Bureau of Investigation] agent covered the Georgia Ku Klux Klan during the civil
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Biddle, Melvin Segment 1
Biddle was born in Daleville, Indiana on November 28th, 1923. Daleville had about nine hundred people. He lived there until he was twelve.
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Bouck, Lyle Segment 1
Lyle Bouck joined the National Guard [Annotator's Note: Missouri National Guard] at the age of 14. Growing up during the depression in St.
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Bouck, Lyle Segment 10
Lyle Bouck did not like the taste of the food. The men were marched to a town east of Losheim and put in the basement of a building.
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Bouck, Lyle Segment 2
Lyle Bouck was the youngest graduate in his class.