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Edward Field entered the military to escape his background and the oppression of anti-Semitism. It was wonderful and...

John Poole found out after the fact that Marseilles, France, where he landed, was a communist hotbed. The dock workers...

On the morning of the 16th [Annotator's Note: 16 December 1944] Lyle Bouck was surprised by shelling. They could hear...

Emory Maurice Ornelles joined the Army at the Honolulu Armory [Annotator's Note: he had just witnessed Japanese planes...

On 8 May 1945, the war ended, and R.M. Wilkes was told to stand down. After a few weeks, he was sent to Czechoslovakia...

Norman Riggsby had a postwar career that was not related to his wartime experiences. His most memorable thing about...

Martin Richard was born in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles in June 1924. His father was a cattleman and...

Franklin Denius originally volunteered for service because he had already taken 4 of ROTC [Annotators Note: Reserve...

Frank Biondo was on deck crossing the English Channel for D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France...

Kalil and the others were not prepared while training in Louisiana. They did not have any of the equipment they would...

When Lowell Brueland changed from Mustangs [Annotator’s Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] to...

[Annotator's Note: Herbert Heilbrun is showing a photograph of Lyle Pearson, a squadronmate of Heilbrun's, and himself...

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