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Lawrence Angst was very anxious to get back to school after the war. He got his degree on the G.I. Bill. He became a...

Charles Childs feels that if we had not had a nuclear weapon, we would be speaking Japanese. During the Berlin Airlift...

Howard Genrich experienced his first battle on 7 December [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1944] when they captured a town...

After basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Ralph Osterhoudt Sr. was sent by train to Baltimore, Maryland and...

Joseph Romano was born in May 1923 in Marrero [Annotator's Note: Marrero, Louisiana]. Growing up, there were poor...

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

One day, Mort Walker heard on the radio that the war was over so he arranged for a train to take all of the Germans,...

As a child [Annotator’s Note: in Berlin, Germany from 1941 to 1944], Norman Weber studied various subjects in school....

Samuel Lombardo received the Silver Star for advancing on a hill under enemy fire. His men hit the ground when the...

Lionel Baxter did not have much to celebrate with when the war was over. Baxter was discharged in November 1945 in...

Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] and the men in the camp...

John Gibbons has no regrets from his service during the war. He had a very successful career during which he held very...

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