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Kalil grew up in Mishawaka, Indiana during the Great Depression. He was one of nine children, six girls and three boys...

Henry Parham is proud of his service. His aunt and his mother were very proud when he returned home after the war. He...

[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, a young Jewish girl during the Nazi occupation of Poland, can be very difficult to...

The Beetle Bailey strip was heavily influenced by Mort Walker's time in the Army during World War 2 and many of his...

When Martin Richard was inducted into the service, he could choose his branch of service. You could not volunteer, you...

When Maurice Hackler went overseas, he was a member of a crew flying a single B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...

Richard Ford had a carbine which was made by Remington. The barrel still had factory markings on it. Every now and then...

Robert Eshback and the three other men of the machine gun section stood guard 24 hours a day, then they switched off....

Skip Muck [Annotator's Note: Sergeant Warren H. "Skip" Muck] and Alex Penkala [Annotator's Note: Private First Class...

Samuel Lombardo went to Fort Shanks prior to going to Pier 42 in New York for departure on the Queen Mary. Lombardo was...

Lloyd Burns enjoyed his time at Barksdale [Annotator's Note: Barksdale Field, now Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport...

James Nannini was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1923. His father and mother were both Italian immigrants who left...

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