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[Annotator's Note: While he was living in Detroit, Michigan and working as a streetcar driver,] Andrew Petrus received...

Ray Dennis Irby turned 17 in 1941. He was in the backyard of his home in Meridian [Annotator's Note: Meridian,...

William Lutz left his unit when there was no shooting. It was as if the war had stopped. He just kept walking. The...

Prior to the battle near Oradour-sur-Glane, John Singlaub experienced a German Heinkel 111 bomber attack. The aircraft...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr reenlisted in the Army in 1949 for three years. He was given his previous rank and sent to Camp...

James Thomas Jackson was born in July 1926 in Ponchatoula [Annotator's Note: Ponchatoula, Louisiana] with an older...

The Battle of the Driniumor River ended in August of 1944 after the Japanese 18th Army had been completely decimated....

Robert Prince graduated from college and then reported to Fort Lewis [Annotator's Note: now part of Joint Base Lewis-...

The 24th [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1941] was the same; no water and no food. They could barely talk. On the...

Ernest Cowell was first sent to Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands], an atoll in the Pacific...

John Wicklund and his fellow infantrymen started hitting tough resistance at Mechum Ridge [Annotator's Note: phonetic...

Frank Savage transferred to the 93rd Infantry Division. He became the assistant to the Adjutant of the special troops...

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