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Rothacker Smith suffered from pains in his foot. In the Army, they would play with the explosives out of hand grenades...

Kanaya never tried to escape until after they left camp in Poland in January of 1945. That is when opportunities came...

Glover Pugh was born in March 1925 in Coffeeville, Alabama. His parents separated when he was in the eighth grade, and...

Walter Henry Barton and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division...

In 1944, Togue Uchida and 700 others were sent to Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy] where he joined the 100th...

Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 1st Ranger Battalion] were able to secure a...

Edward J. Leonard asked about submarines getting the Queen Mary because the war was still going on when he was sent...

F.M. Richard Simons always had food. The food in the camps was not too bad. They did not complain as long as they had...

Frank Mancuso was born and raised in the 9th ward of New Orleans and attended C.J. Colton High School. His father died...

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

Harley Reynolds and his unit were given a specific assignment. The planners were aware that their beachhead was...

Lawrence Yatsu was in a relocation camp. When he left the camp to go to college he was drafted. By that time his...

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