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Dearman, Alfred Basic Training to Overseas Deployment
Being a farm boy and being used to hard work, as well as having a disciplinarian uncle who had been in the service,...
Lopez, Lionel The Points System
Lionel Lopez did not lose any POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war]. They got paid for their work on the...
Longhoffer, Garland War's End and Occupation Duty
Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....
Wise, Curtis Killing a Tree
One of Curtis Winfred Wise's brothers was in the service. They did not talk much about it. He did talk to his parents...
Winter, William Luck and Deploying to the Philippines
William Winter was at Fort McClellan for four months, after which they were assigned to Army units. In October 1944, he...
Riedl, Edward The Filipinos
Edward Riedl thought the people [Annotator's Note: he is referring to the people on Leyte, Philippines] seemed...
Draxler, Donald Combat
At Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands], Donald Draxler was apprehensive, but not afraid to...
Bannai, Paul Japanese-American Internment
When the war started, Paul Takeo Bannai registered for the draft, hoping to fight for his country. He was not called up...
Smith, John Clearing Luzon
At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945], John Smith left Leyte, and was among the last to be issued new...
Angel, Earl Postwar Life
Earl Angel returned to the United States in November 1945. His infant daughter had trouble sleeping at night until the...
LeBlanc, Andrew Reflections
Andrew Leblanc never had trouble. He kept his nose clean. He always did what he had to do, and he was a good soldier....
Geiger, John War's End
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] did...

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