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Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

George Joseph Bertucci wanted to improve his education after the military. He received his GED and then went to air...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...

Al Currier was born in what is now Eastpointe, Michigan in October 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [...

Life aboard ship was just something Charles Bishop and his fellow sailors adjusted to. They worked four hours on and...

The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...

Leo William Schmittgens was born in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri] in February 1926. He had four...

John Ream remembers as kids they could run up the mountainside. [Annotator’s Note: Ream is referring to being interned...

[Annotator's Note: Harold DeForest served in the Army as a gunner on a 60mm mortar in Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th...

Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. says the reason for a museum [Annotator's Note: such as The National WWII Museum in New Orleans...

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