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On 20 August 1945, Joseph Vater was liberated by Russian soldiers. He remembered them dropping in by parachute. At...

[Annotator's Note: You can hear someone off camera throughout this segment.] David Lansou believes that the way...

Asked what he thought about the Japanese, Earl Conklin said they were "pretty vicious," but conceded that combat makes...

While Philip Schweitzer's unit [Annotator's Note: the 11th Airborne Division] was trapped on the ridge on Leyte, they...

[Annotator's Note: James McEnery served in the USMC as a rifleman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Jack Leaming was aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in November 1941. [Annotator's Note: Leaming served in the Navy as a...

David Heath moved to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] and went aboard the USS President Jackson [...

Richard Miralles was born in July 1924 in Anderson, California. He was an orphan. His parents separated. He lived with...

John Wicklund didn't get his full regular Army pay from August 1944 to August 1945. When he was discharged, he finally...

William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...

By the time Harold Whitaker made his first voyage carrying grain to North Africa the war in Europe was over so there...

Jacques Brewster Smith's company commander [Annotator's Note: of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry...

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