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Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. received the Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the fourth-highest award a United States service...

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

Reneau Breard and his unit [Annotator’s Note: with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] were...

For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...

Olin Pickens sailed overseas and arrived at Oran, North Africa on 26 January 1943. The men with whom Pickens had...

Frank Mancuso served in an antitank company in the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He had a platoon of...

Robert Madison said his "war was basically September of 1944 until December of 1944" when he was wounded. He did not...

Kanaya felt that living during the Depression years and learning to live under those conditions, working and living on...

Merrill J. Clark grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was employed during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...

John Vessey and his unit headed to Fort Dix to prepare to go overseas. They were supposed to go on a French ship but it...

William Edwin Howard was drafted in 1942. He was sent to Camp Croft, South Carolina to train as an infantryman. It was...

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