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Otis Arthur Slack was born in Canton, Illinois in April 1921. He was raised by his aunt and uncle as his mother was...

Garland Bath boarded a transport and went to either Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] or Guam...

Burton Johnson remembers when he heard of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Harry Truman was not a surprise as...

Robert L. Donovan did not rely on his faith as much as people would think. He did not find himself praying very often....

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits was born in Neenah, Wisconsin in December 1923. He grew up with three brothers. Babbits'...

Judge James Gulotta was born in November 1923 and grew up in New Orleans. He went through the depression years which...

The first time Mort Oman experienced enemy fire was in the Philippines when the Japanese fired upon him, and he did not...

Peter Gallo was in the construction division in the CCC [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] before going...

Holly Rees was born in January 1926 in Prescott, Arizona. Although he grew up during the Great Depression, his father...

Joseph Vater believes Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Manchuria, China] was the coldest place on Earth. He was given a...

[Annotator's Note: A person appears in the background throughout this segment.] Andrew Petrus was born in Bridgeville,...

William Lutz was on Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, Philippines]. He was in the hospital when he heard about the bombs...

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