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Chris Carawan said the Americans were not prepared for what happened in Belgium. They didn't have food, they lived on K...

William Pierce returned to San Francisco in March 1946. He was discharged in April 1946. He was shipped back to New...

David Heath transferred to Guadalcanal, 26 miles from the island of Tulagi [Annotator's Note: both in the Solomon...

Hugh Ettinger was discharged from the Navy and used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: part of an intelligence and reconnaissance team known as the Alamo Scouts, the US 6th...

Charles Bruce was 17 years old when he drove a truck for work. He got a ticket for speeding. He had to pay 20 dollars....

George Vincent Ross was born in September 1926 in Albany, New York. He grew up there. He had one brother, Edward, and...

Jack Leaming and the crew of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) left Pearl Harbor and attacked the Marshall Islands in February...

Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...

Overall, Robert J. Ferris enjoyed his experience in World War 2 and was glad he was a pilot. He comments on serving...

Raymond Birdsall was born in Lockport, Louisiana. In 1941, he went over to the high school because they did not have a...

While in the Java Sea after sinking a ship, another Japanese ship tried to sink the USS Blenny (SS-324). The crew then...

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