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Courtland Claus used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

Samuel Spector was always hungry in the jungle with Detachment 101. The food that was airdropped would not last long so...

In September Henderson was on a flight to China as navigator. He was with a crew that had to bail out on the flight...

Joseph McGuire was sent to India in 1943. The British controlled everything in India, so he had to get permission from...

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941]...

Gus Gikas landed in the United States in New York City, New York when he returned from India. From there, he went to...

Herbert Saylor was drafted shortly after graduating from high school. His father and sister brought Saylor to the train...

Cleveland Peterson was aboard the SS Johnson when he heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They had been...

Cleveland Peterson made the trip home aboard a Liberty ship. He had flown to Calcutta first, then rode a British train...

Crump was able to get a gold crown in his teeth and was able to join. This was in late 1943. Crump was told then that...

Marshall Burnett does not remember much excitement on the occasion of VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day...

Joseph Silvia thought the caste system in India was odd. The Americans lived like kings compared to the British there....

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