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William Stewart was sent to Washington state to work on the radar in flying box cars. He made corporal as an auto...

Deen believes the mortar team helped to save the men at the point [Annotators Note: on Peleliu, September 1944]. He...

Wanda Damberg had relatives in Holland during the German occupation [Annotator’s Note: the German sweep into Holland...

Astley Blackwell’s ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] was sunk on 25 October [Annotator's Note: 25...

When he was in high school, Paul Amrod played baseball as a catcher. In the service, he learned he was not major league...

William Lutz was born in March 1920 and raised in Reading [Annotator’s Note: Reading, Pennsylvania]. He had a good life...

Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...

After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....

James Patterson was called up on 23 February 1943. He was sent to boot camp with a bunch of other reservists. They...

Joseph LaNier had a close call on Okinawa while driving a truck. The LST [Annotator’s Note: LST—landing ship, tank] was...

[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was assigned to Tinian [Annotator’s Note: Tinian...

Albert Simon was in the Philippines. They stayed in pup tents [Annotator's Note: small sleep tents often shared by two...

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