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Alexander Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...

When Orville Bethard graduated from high school he was 19 years old and eligible for the draft. He did not like the...

Harper Gruber found boot camp very rough, but very beneficial in terms of his physical conditioning. After school, his...

Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson kept moving north until he made it to Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Vella Lavella,...

Looking back, 65 years after the event, James Muri believes that the Battle of Midway had to be a turning point in the...

Fred Gemmel's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Laffey (DD-724)] was assisted into a port after sustaining damage [...

James Billingsley was at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia] in an area called The Frying Pan. The...

James Franklin Young was born in Toledo, Ohio in June 1921. He grew up with one older brother. His mother and father...

Yellin's first grandson was born in Japan. His name is Ken. Yellin recalls meeting him for the first time. Ken wanted...

Thomas Lusco Sr. remembers that at night, there were dogfights between the P-51s [Annotator's Note: North American P-51...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

While stationed on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] Anna McCalla Noren was thrilled when she...

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