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Charles Coolidge took sheep into a minefield instead of sending men through it to be sure there were no mines. Early in...

F.M. Richard Simons only regrets losing good friends. He is an only child. His parents divorced. His mother got rid of...

George Sichler says that his service made him a better American. He did what he was supposed to do. The country has...

Wilburn K. Ross had his molars knocked out in France by shrapnel. His company commander had sent him and about eight of...

Erwin Blonder had no idea who was trying to rescue them, but as soon as the 442nd [Annotator's Note: 442nd Regimental...

When Edward LaPorta was in North Africa they wore a combat suit. At night they put on heavier clothes because it gets...

Harold Hall Ashton was born in May 1919 in Shed, Oregon. He grew up in a family with four children. All four siblings,...

Fred Topel decided to go into the National Guard with a few other friends. He was only 16 years old, so he had to lie...

Lawrence Yatsu was in the eleventh grade when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It was one of the worst incidents in...

Gowan Duffy remembers the German planes would start at one end of the beach strafing and go on to the other end. [...

In basic training David Dennis went to school first. His basic training was the normal marching and learning their gun...

After Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. was released from the hospital in the United States, he was assigned to the 78th...

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