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Solis “Sol” Kaslow went through boot camp [Annotator’s Note: in Sampson, New York] and then was trained as a navigator...

Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

Robert "Bob" Lowry was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1926. He had three...

David Foerster was in the Azores when the war ended in Europe and Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...

Curt Simmons was a member of the US Navy Armed Guard. He was born on a farm outside of Walters, Oklahoma and was a farm...

Harold Beal thought the English were nice people. They would travel up and down the coast to practice making landings....

Crain believes that it is important to have museums such as The World War II Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...

Edward Thomas Toole thought transitioning to the Army was easy. He was a commissioned officer. It was interesting to...

When he was told that he would be trained aboard ship as a gunner, Robert Fitz was "mystified." He arrived at the main...

William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the Liberty Ship SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) were all new to the...

Anthony Bianconi was in dry dock [Annotator's Note: as a musician and ammunition bearer on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer and Leon Schafer in conversation.] Leon Schafer was born in...

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