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Balaza, Charles Defending Corregidor
Charles Balaza was in the same Corregidor tunnel as General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander,
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Balaza, Charles Enlisting in the Army and Deploying to the Philippines
Charles Balaza enlisted [Annotator's Note: in the Army] on 12 February 1940 prior to the entry of the United States in World War 2.
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Balaza, Charles Japanese Attack on the Philippines
Charles Balaza was in Manila Bay on a minesweeper during the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Balaza, Charles Japanese Guards
Charles Balaza was on a work detail when he saw a Japanese guard hit an American POW [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] with his rifle.
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Balaza, Charles Liberation
For Charles Balaza, flights of American planes over the prison camp foretold the oncoming victory. The end was near.
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Balaza, Charles March into Captivity
Charles Balaza and the defenders of Corregidor were taken by troopship to the shores of Manila.
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Balaza, Charles POW Life
Charles Balaza worked on a farm detail at Cabanatuan. Fertilizer for the crops was human defecation.
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Balaza, Charles Reflections
Charles Balaza is concerned that the American government never tells the civilian population what happens during the war.
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Baldori, Robert Army Band
John Baldori in Newburg, Pennsylvania in February 1920. He grew up with four older sisters and two younger brothers.
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Baldori, Robert Entertaining Overseas
In October 1944, John Baldori was sent overseas and served in the Mediterranean [Annotator’s Note: under US Army General Mark Wayne Clark].
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Baldori, Robert Postwar
John Baldori served overseas in the Mediterranean [Annotator’s Note: under US Army General Mark Wayne Clark] and organized and played in bands to e
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Baldori, Robert Reflections on the War
John Baldori appreciates how people treat him because he is a war veteran.