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World War II changed John McCarthy and his life tremendously. Without the war, he might have been a factory worker....

Josephine Pescatore remembers pot belly stoves at the end of the tent which kept the whole tent warm. One evening a...

Henry Schaller was born in April 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended school there until he went to college. His...

Nicholas J. Zuras made his way through Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], and proceeded to join an...

A lot of people had been taken prisoner while Leila Morrison was in Europe [Annotator's Note: as a nurse with the 118th...

After the 82nd Airborne Division finished combat operations in Normandy, Clinton Riddle and the men of the 325th Glider...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

James Sandoz was drafted in 1943. He was at school when Japan invaded [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...

Ralph Boyer was on the SS Argentina with his crew heading to Europe. He slept with 15 other men in a stateroom. The...

During his service in Europe, Russell Schuman was assigned to Company B, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored...

Abe Milkis landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Rather than entering France as a...

Susumas Ito was born in July 1919 in Stockton, California. His parents were immigrants from Hiroshima, Japan and became...

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