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Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...

Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. was born in Winter Haven, Florida in March 1921. He lived there until he was 13 years old....

[Annotators Note: Lou Brissie served in the army as an infantryman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment...

Among his experiences in the war, the thing that most stands out in Robert W. "Doby" Gibson's mind is being on the...

Ed Tunnicliff rode on a troop train that was just box cars. There was nothing in the box cars so they had nothing to...

Edward Dunne's most memorable experience of the war is seeing dead people. It is bad, especially when it is a lot of...

Enrique Cervantes felt the urge to join the war effort after the United States' entry into the conflict. His older...

The mission that sticks out the most to Bob Goebel was flown on 18 August [Annotator's Note: 18 August 1944]. There was...

Jackson was born in Covina, California in 1924. He was a senior in high school on 7 December 1941 when Pearl Harbor was...

Owen Gibb remembers they always diverted to an American airfield to get hot dogs and ice cream. Gibb met his wife in a...

Monty Joe Boitnott loaded transports with over 250,000 prisoners. Some of the prisoners were kept in North Africa for...

Joseph Alter does not remember how he heard that the war was over. He was uncomfortable because that evening they left...

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