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Haney Ambrose was born in 1922 in Baton, Rouge, Louisiana. His father was a carpenter and farmer during the Great...

Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

Astley Blackwell feels that it is very important for students to learn about World War 2. There is a museum at the base...

Charles Wesley Borders retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 1971. He got to be a Wing Commander...

James Shelton Scales boarded a troop ship on New Year's Eve, 1944. He boarded APA-154, the Lowndes [Annotator's Note:...

James Franklin Young was shipped from Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands] to Peleliu [Annotator's Note:...

When the Japanese General Homma [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma] brought...

Kenneth Beard's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being a switchboard operator. He chose to serve because he...

When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...

Allen Ray Sibley was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: on 24 February 1944]. They put him on a Greyhound bus to...

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