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Walter Broll sailed north of Iceland on his first convoy. The ship zig-zagged over the course of the voyage. He did...

Lazarick knew he was going to the Pacific. In March of 1944 the 96th Division was classified as an amphibious division....

John Smith said that as campaign veterans, his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 271st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st...

James Shelton Scales was born in April 1917 in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. It was a farming community in Stokes County...

James "Jim" Tubach was sent to a little town outside of Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan] called Fukiya [Annotator...

Thomas Edward Pugh did not know the Bloemfontein brought American volunteers to China. He did not have duty on this...

[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] Before...

Ray Felts went to Idaho for basic training, and hoped he would get to work on a submarine, but at six-foot-four his...

Harold DeForest was on Leyte on his way back to the 37th Infantry Division when the atomic bomb was dropped and the war...

Another frightening experience Gravois had was during the Battle of the Matanikau River. For the battle they [Annotator...

Quintana did not talk about the war much when he got home. He did not talk about it with his kids, however with age he...

James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...

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