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Philip Schweitzer's first time away from home was his trip to basic training. Schweitzer thinks that at the time, the...

As a veteran, John Witmeyer believes in the importance and the value of history, especially the history of World War 2...

People in combat are people in combat. Hairston does not believe in women in combat. He is the father of 4 daughters...

They began training every day with full daypacks and practiced moving quickly and efficiently up and down the long...

World War 2 changed Richard Willett's life by making it possible for him to go to college. He learned how to discipline...

Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...

Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....

Julia L. Myers remembers the winter of 1944 in Belgium. It was cold and miserable. It was snowy and the bombing of...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Assigned as a gunner in the...

Robert Guitard was drafted after graduating from high school [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He went to Fort Williams [...

When Marvin Martin heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...

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