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Theodore Theodore was born in July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the middle child of three children in the family. His...

William Smith was in Australia for about two weeks. They pulled some shenanigans. He and his crew were sent to Brisbane...

Salvador Perino was born in March 1924. He grew up in the Irish Channel, New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans,...

Richard Witaker was apprehensive about going ashore before Okinawa. He had seen his first indications of war while at...

Harry A. Donovan believes it is important to have institutions like The National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: in New...

Wanda Damberg got up to go to the bathroom one morning and saw a nun along the way [Annotator’s Note: Damberg was in...

William S. “Bill” Beamish [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 77th Bombardment Squadron] was stationed on Attu [...

Harold Rosen was born in Dallas, Texas in April 1925. His father owned his own business so the depression did not hit...

James Salerno believes that World War 2 made him a better person. It made him feel lucky to be alive. He feels like it...

Dupuy was rotated out after his escort missions on Truk. There was no system of rotation for pilots in the Pacific like...

When Merrill went aboard the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] she was damaged but had been patched up....

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

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