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William Hill was born in August 1922 in rural eastern Kentucky. His father, a subsistence farmer, moved the family to...

William Winter agrees with the interviewer's statement that many black veterans felt more freedom in the Army than they...

John Singlaub was called to Washington to meet with President Jimmy Carter. He was not sure if he was being disciplined...

Ben Steele joined the Army Air Corps in 1940. He was raised on a cattle ranch north of Billings [Annotator's Note:...

Ira Schilling killed a Japanese soldier on Guadalcanal with a shotgun. In the morning, before the Marines moved out...

William Roy captured film of Japanese bombers attacking the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] that was not...

Windom Joseph Burton went into Navy boot camp in Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Norfolk, Virginia] and was then sent for...

At 11 years in the Navy, Randall Edwards decided to make a career of the military. In 1946, he had an unfortunate...

The war taught Frank Pryor obedience, discipline, and how to take care of himself. He thought it was advantageous for...

Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...

Thomas J. Smith, Junior was looking forward to seeing the enemy. The Marines were under the Navy. After training, they...

Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. was born in August 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Metairie. His father was...

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