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Pedro S. Parra served in the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He was born in Canadian, Texas in October 1922. He had...

Richard Miralles accepted everything that came to him because he knew he could not change it. They did not talk about...

During the surrender, James Bollich destroyed his weapons and threw them into the water. When he was falling back, he...

Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

On 6 August 1945, Russell Gackenbach was ordered on a special mission to Japan. At three o’clock in the morning, his...

Caroline Bailey Pratt was born in June 1932 in Manila, the Philippines. Her father worked for the National Bank and...

During the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22...

In early 1942, John McGlohon's squadron [Annotator's Note: 3rd Photo Mapping Squadron] was assigned a mapping mission...

[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...

Wanda Damberg witnessed the science building at the university converted into a small clinic [Annotator’s Note: Damberg...

Francis John "Dick" Varone had not spoken much about his wartime experiences until he joined a group of other veterans...

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