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David Hanning believes he was lucky that his service happened during a meaningful and necessary requirement. He...

Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

William Burkett was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in November 1925. He had three...

John "Jack" Raquepau and his group [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), Air Group 51] bombed Clark Field [...

Forrest Villarrubia was born in 1925 in Lacombe, Louisiana. Lacombe is on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, just...

John Smith was already in the service when the war started and he wanted to get into the fight, but he admits that when...

[Annotator's Note: Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. served with the 25th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 25th Infantry...

Benjamin Carson assessed the battle for Bougainville to be unique in the sense that the intent was not to capture the...

Shortly after Frederick Ellis reached Japan and the point system was in place for sending them home. The points got...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr has seen the interest in World War 2 become stronger in the last few years. To him, his career...

George Mouton's oldest brother was drafted. The second oldest brother was in submarines. The third brother was in the...

After completing basic training, Henry Baul was allowed to return home for leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized...

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