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George Alaniz is from New Mexico. He was there when the draft started, and he decided to volunteer for the Army for one...

Robert Hammond didn't like the military's practice of segregation. At the time he first encountered prejudice in South...

When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

Matthew Cornelia's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it ended. He served because he wanted to do...

Angus Francis Mestayer returned to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. They got a month long leave [...

Lloyd Guillory and the other new pilots were told that they would initially train in P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P...

Roger Shaw decided to be a doctor after his service because he wanted more education. He quickly finished his...

By the time Kenneth A. Lafleur had enough points to go home, he had flown 41 missions in the Pacific. Lafleur remarked...

The next morning, Jack Yusen was heading down to get some food when the call to battle stations came over the intercom...

David Harvey would be assigned liberty depending on what side of the ship he was on, port or starboard. Passes were...

Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) as the squadron’s...

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