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Richard Tempus Dixon was born in June 1925 in Oakland, California. He was the second of two sons raised by his father...

Leon J. Neiman was at a pool room when he heard the bomb had been dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

Walter Nelson went into the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. It was just about the same time that...

Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) as the squadron’s...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Taylor served in the Navy as a corpsman attached to Headquarters and Service Company, 7th...

[Annotator's Note: William Earl Gast joined the Army and went to armor forces school at what was then Camp Campbell,...

They did not know the exact cause of his death since he was in halfway decent shape but initially they were told his...

George A. Damiano boarded a troopship [Annotator's Note: in Vancouver, Washington] and left for the Pacific. They...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Samuel Ukrop mid-sentence, expressing his opinion on women in combat.] While...

George Peto produced some paintings and pieces of propaganda that were based on his unit during battle in the Pacific....

Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...

Robert D. Shaner had some exciting times aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475]. They had gotten back from...

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