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Robert Rupp liked the military. He decided while he was in school that if he was going to war, he would rather be an...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Gerald “Gerry”...

Herbert Heilbrun was not working the day Pearl Harbor occurred [Annotator's Note: on 7 December 1941]. On that Sunday...

Chester Strunk had not received mail from home during his last year as a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war]. When...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was assigned to the Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-502 for the invasion of Europe.] Because...

Hartsel Ross sailed for Scotland. He waited two weeks in Scotland while they outfitted his ship and then sailed with a...

Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a Communications Sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...

James McClellan served in the 755th Field Artillery Battalion, 15th Army.He was born in West Virginia. His father...

Bernard Knese was born in Meppen, Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri in May 1924. He grew up in a farming community....

Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...

James Craig knew he would be leaving home and did not know if he would get back. He was engaged to be married. After he...

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