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James Patterson enjoyed flying. He misses flying. His nephew took him to Mount Pleasant, Texas where there was a hangar...

Caroline Bailey Pratt was born in June 1932 in Manila, the Philippines. Her father worked for the National Bank and...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

There was one radio station in Corpus Christi [Annotator's Note: Corpus Christi, Texas] at the time Benjamin Albert...

The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...

Louis R. Lepore took a cruise to Washington D.C. [Annotator's Note: Washington, District of Columbia]. He saw the World...

Robert Powers was called back to the service for Korea [Annotator's Note: the Korean War]. He had been honorably...

Mahlen Arledge and the 81st Infantry Division were placed on ships that were destined for the island of Angaur. The...

Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...

Pedro S. Parra served in the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He was born in Canadian, Texas in October 1922. He had...

Hilar Clement Moore, Jr., served in the United States Marine Corps in the 2nd Marine Division. During the war, he was a...

Jack Pierce went to boot camp for six weeks in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. Then he went to L.A...

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