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Charles Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas. Life in the Great Depression was difficult. His mother had been widowed when...

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

When Selwyn Gilmore was in Tucson [Annotator's Note: Tucson, Arizona], there was a WAC [Annotator's Note: Women's Army...

Walter Bank's family lived on a small farm, and wasn't greatly affected by the Great Depression. They never talked...

After being drafted, Jack Dunlavy went to Anniston [Annotator's Note: Anniston Army Depot in Bynum, Alabama] to the...

William Roy was on the USS Yorktown [Annotator's Note: CV-5] when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Yorktown was at Pier 7...

Fighting in the Leyte Valley area lasted for two brutal months, and John Smith related the tale of the event that...

The first thing that happened to Harry McKnight when he reached boot camp was a haircut. He was then given a rifle and...

Robert Frederick Reed's time in the service made him wonder why we were at war all the time, with World War 2, the...

Samuel Malta and the men in combat were just kids who were 18 or 19 years old. The combat troops felt they were...

David Hanning believes he was lucky that his service happened during a meaningful and necessary requirement. He...

They built the dugout for 3 people. They would run around and get food, and they would work all night. After...

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