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Robert Tyler Oakes was born in March 1922 in New Albany, Indiana. He enjoyed his youth participated in plays in high...

Howard T. Maki desired to enter the Army Air Forces as a pilot. Before he was drafted, he had passed various...

Freddie Ohr was assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group overseas. They were flying Spitfires. Ohr learned how to fly the...

Mary T. Heany was excited to be sent to Nashville [Annotator’s Note: Nashville, Tennessee]. She was asked to go on a...

William Blanckenburg had an upper middle class upbringing, but they struggled during the Depression. Blanckenburg was...

They shipped out in late September [Annotator's Note: September 1942] and landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942....

Holloman returned to active duty with the stipulation that he be retained for five years so he could retire. The army...

Charles Kitowski went into the war as a boy and came out as a man. He matured and became conscious of what was going on...

During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...

[Annotator's Note: Joyce Sherman completed Nurses training and enlisted in the Army on 1 June 1943.] It was wartime and...

William Leo Spaetgens enlisted in the United States Navy [Annotator's Note: on 22 October 1942]. His parents did not...

For William McCowen's [Annotator's Note: as a US Air Force copilot in the 307th Strategic Bomb Wing stationed at Kadena...

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