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After a year and a half of training, James W. Phillips rode on the Queen Mary ocean liner to Europe with his division [...

Walter Rozett was sent to basic training in Atlantic City, New Jersey and lived in a hotel for three months. Whenever...

Roland Chaisson volunteered for the Army when he was 17. He didn't like the Navy and the Marine Corps sounded too tough...

After his hometown [Annotator's Note: Apeldoorn, Netherlands] was liberated [Annotator's Note: on 17 April 1945],...

There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was assigned to the 561st Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force as a...

Herbert W. Ridyard landed in France in September 1944. Part of the division [Annotator's Note: 94th Infantry Division]...

Keema had flown back to back to back missions on eight, nine, and ten [Annotator’s Note: 8, 9, and 10 October 1943]....

David T. Morgenthaler reported to Langley Field [Annotator's Note: now Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia] in...

Theodore Finkbeiner shipped out of Cape Cod aboard the USS George Washington [Annotators Note: SS George Washington] in...

John Witmeyer was sent to Camp Pickett, Virginia where roll was called and men were assigned to various outfits. When...

William Dabney did not have to take a test to be in the barrage balloon battalion. The instruction was cut and dry and...

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