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Joseph Brannan was stationed in Southern France after being based in Italy. In France, liberty was more available than...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

Ben Kuroki learned that it did not matter that he had flown 30 missions, or that he had a chest full of ribbons. An...

Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...

Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad...

John Singlaub compared British to American parachutes. The British chute was different in many ways compared to the...

Joseph Brannan returned to New York with the PT-305 and two other boats on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank...

Alex Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group was...

Ben Kuroki was amazed that he only saw one Japanese Zero [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, also known...

Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...

Another torpedo came and hit the USS California [Annotators Note: during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]. Another...

John Singlaub experienced live fire training while working with the SOE [Annotator's Note: British Special Operations...

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