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Paul Baughman was born in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania in May 1920. He grew up there on a big farm until he was 15 years...

In Brussels, Belgium, Joseph Pilcher was surprised to run into his former typing teacher from Lafayette High School [...

Lewis E. Belcher [Annotator's Note: a tank commander in Company B, 11th Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division, sent to...

William Meyer was born in Memphis, Tennessee in July 1926 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He had two younger brothers....

Hartsel Ross joined the Maritime Services [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine] in January 1944. He boarded a...

Wayne Peer anticipated being drafted. The armed forces had few restrictions to defer service. Peer was inducted at Fort...

With his partner Curtis Mathews, Vernon Breen was assigned to take a phone down to a "T" in the road to observe the...

Leon Bass voluntarily entered the military. He was in a movie theater when he heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer was assigned to the 36th Armored Infantry Battalion, 3rd Armored Division.] He was in...

Gilbert Shawn was not shipped to basic training. Instead, he went to an air field in Kentucky as a cadet. Shawn took a...

Matthew A. Reluga was not capable of going to the Naval Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy,...

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