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Holly Rees was born in January 1926 in Prescott, Arizona. Although he grew up during the Great Depression, his father...

Robert Brant and his unit [Annotator's Note: 71st Naval Construction Battalion] invaded Bougainville [Annotator's Note...

Louis Burg initially wanted to fly planes in the military, but his family did not want him to. His mother tore up his...

While Ralph Morse was in the hospital recovering from malaria, he was told he would not be going back to the Pacific [...

The reason Frederick Stent served during World War 2 was because he wanted to be in the military. His father had served...

Most of William Earl Gast and his unit's [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, 30th Infantry Division]...

Philip Curran volunteered for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953]. He has often...

Arthur Jackson was born in Cleveland and grew up in Canton, Ohio. His father was a watch maker and eventually ended up...

Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...

James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...

Ed Weber saw a movie with John Payne [Annotator's Note: John Howard Payne, American actor] and Maureen O'Sullivan [...

All of the barnstormers had on the boots, leather jackets and goggles and all had a bottle of spirits in the back seat...

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