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When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

On his first trip outside of New York, John Foy traveled to Fort Benning, Georgia for basic training. He had a...

Roland Chaisson was born in 1924 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He went to high school there and played football until he...

[Annotator's Note: Audio is not good throughout this clip.] Marvin Raymond Graham shipped off to Boise, Idaho where he...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Vernon Ollar participated in...

Sidney LaPook was born in Bayonne, New Jersey in September 1918. His father had a store during the Depression. The...

John L. Cowan was asked to teach incoming recruits how to handle a Garand rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-...

Vera Goodkin's [Annotator's Note: née Herman] parents had an American visa to escape Czechoslovakia but did not. While...

Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...

Winnecken Gerhard joined the German Army in October 1942. His camp was at Verdun near Metz. Verdun was a walled city...

Elmo E. Bell retired from the US Army as a full colonel. His Mississippi National Guard retired grade is brigadier...

Norris Bucksell was born in August 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Valena C. Jones Elementary School. He...

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