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Keith Kiefer was taught about World War 2 in school. The Russians were framed as a stand-offish ally. There was not a...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carrel Reavis why he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, as a...

On 7 December 1941, Benjamin Albert Glusing was at Camp Bowie [Annotator’s Note: in Brownwood, Texas] without an...

Paul Sparacino was born in July 1943 in Simmesport, Louisiana. His father drove a log truck. They moved to Alexandria,...

Charles "Chuck" Wisher was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1926. His father was in construction so at five years of...

The Marine Raiders formed from Gerald West's old battalion, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The Raiders were...

One day, they [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] loaded Alfred Raymond Mosher and others onto an inland sea ferry and...

Albert Simon fought for his country. He was drafted. He fought for the United States flag. He changed from a civilian...

Walter Bud Gafford was present on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked [Annotator's Note: the...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

Sidney Philips remembers being in San Diego for two weeks [Annotators Note: after returning from his combat tour in the...

Robert Masters's ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-601] came under air raids on several occasions while in port in Tunis...

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