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Jack feels that World War II is important enough that they shouldn't take it out of the history books. He felt it was...

Richard Henry Hamilton was born in September 1922 in Brattleboro, Vermont with three brothers and one sister. His...

Constance Cresswell knew a little about the ongoing political situation and the war in Europe, but she was anxious to...

Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...

Bernard Friedenberg had his basic training at Fort Hancock. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he was working with his...

Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...

William Pena traveled on the Queen Elizabeth over to England where he was given lots of food. Only one day he remembers...

After liberation from Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany], David...

In 1948 Lou Brissie went to spring training, after which he returned to Philadelphia to play the Phillies. After the...

The twenty-first and the twenty-second missions stick out in James Siracuse's mind. On the twenty-first mission,...

Eugene Vaadi enlisted in the US Army Air Forces at age 20 and was sent to Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama for...

Michael Cokinos and the 8th Armored Division moved toward the Rhine River after the Battle of the Bulge. Their orders...

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