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Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...

[Annotator's Note: Henry Bourgeois served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft with Marine...

Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...

Peter Gallo was involved in an incident that got him into trouble in Korea. A Japanese officer came in and was chasing...

James Patterson remembers classification was the hardest part of becoming a cadet. They were considered privates as far...

Gene Alair was born in February 1920 in Fargo, North Dakota. His mother was in the entertainment business, so they...

After one patrol during which he was carrying a heavy BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle], Richard...

As the United States Armed Forces got closer to Japan, Claude Bufford Shaw felt more vindicated for the loss of his...

Peter Hebert’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was wanting to join the Navy and the patriotism of the country...

George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...

William Lutz liked boot camp because he got a rifle. He liked the firing range. He became a gunner after basic training...

John Singlaub had a specific OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, pre-runner of the Central...

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