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Gus Gikas and two other men swam about a mile from the sinking HMT Rhona to the Pioneer [Annotator's Note: USS Pioneer...

Since the unit Gus Gikas led was intended to replace another unit in India that had been deployed for two years, their...

The war made Harold Daniel Snyder a man. His time in the Army Air Corps was as good as two years in college. He learned...

Robert Liles was awarded a number of decorations. He was awarded the Silver Star for the mission during which he and...

When it came time to leave Burma [Annotator's Note: now Myanmar], Robert Lippman was told he would be part of the lead...

William Disanza is not positive about everything but he thinks the Great Depression could never repeat itself. Disanza...

By Christmas of 1943, Richard Notebaert was home. His new baby was four months old, and his little family spent two...

Newton Dana and his crew returned home by flying their bomber [Annotator's Note: a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy...

Perry Garten was drafted and sent to Fort Leavenworth for processing. He was then shipped to Bowman Field near...

Carl Constein flew a mission every three days while he was a pilot for the air operations in the CBI campaign [...

John Alison was at one of the RAF [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force] bases when he got orders to report to London....

[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] When the fighting in Walawbum [Annotator's Note...

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