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Paul Fair was one of ten children. He was born in July 1925 in Arkansas. He was the youngest child. He grew up in...

Lawrence Brooks was drafted in 1940 and went for basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. By November [Annotator's...

Clarence Strobel was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 188th Glider Infantry Regiment [Annotator’s Note:...

John Kelley was born in Dalton, Georgia in June 1924. He grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...

The prisoners of war knew that there was a possibility that they would be attacked during the voyage to Japan.When they...

Richard Jaccarino said the war matured him, and he got a better perspective of people from diverse backgrounds. He made...

James Thomas Jackson [Annotator's Note: arrived in the Philippines after the Japanese surrendered in August 1945,...

Robert Leroy Shirkey would lead about five men when he was on a mission with the Alamo Scouts [Annotator's Note: 6th...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince volunteered to be a Ranger while in Port Moresby, New Guinea.] They moved to...

While Kenneth Beard was stationed in Anchorage [Annotator's Note: Anchorage, Alaska] during World War 2, he and some of...

Mahlen P. Arledge was born in Dixie, Louisiana in 1924. As a young man in the Depression era, his father had oil wells...

Mahlen Arledge received his draft notice in July 1943 and went into service the next month. He elected to go into the...

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