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On 18 August 1944, Frederick Grun left the United States on the HMS Empire Mace along with 200 enlisted men, a number...

[Annotator's Note: John Stiles went to Marine Corps boot camp training in San Diego, California.] They were given...

Gerard V. Radice grew up in the Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] area. His father was an immigrant from...

Jack Dye was born in Alamosa, Colorado. His family left when his three and his mother passed away. His father was...

Louis Block graduated from high school in June 1944. They discussed the war, but not at length. They were more focused...

Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...

Thomas Paris went from radio school to Houston [Annotator’s Note: Houston, Texas] in order to go to Alaska. He got his...

Cass Phillips got into a ferry squadron after he returned home. He flew all kinds of planes he never could before. He...

That was the end of combat for Harold DeForest. After DeForest got out of the hospital he was supposed to go back to...

Louis Burg initially wanted to fly planes in the military, but his family did not want him to. His mother tore up his...

Hersey Goodwin does not remember his first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 11th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force]....

[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...

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