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Stanley James Thurston was not provided basic training. After enlistment, he was sent to a pigeon outfit [Annotator's...

There were four phases to Victor Fienup's flight training. Preflight was ground school for two months, primary was half...

Clarence Herbert Weatherwax rose through the ranks quickly [Annotator's Note: while assigned to Fort Shafter as an...

In August 1944 Thomas Ballew’s unit [Annotator's Note: the 231st Searchlight Battalion] got orders to go overseas. They...

Edward G. Willette and his division [Annotator's Note: Willette was a mortarman in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 413th...

Mancel Kirk survived the war well. He did not get shell shock like some others did. The worst thing he suffered was the...

Vernon Schmidt [Annotator's Note: a replacement on his way to be assigned to a regiment] passed through the ruins of...

Henry Heim suffered all night long [Annotator's Note: Heim is referring to being injured during the Japanese attack on...

A guy approached Vernon Tweedt's wife at a reunion and told her he wanted to share something about Tweedt. Their...

[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day,...

The underground had contacted Eva Nathanson's mother and told her they would protect them. During the winter of 1943,...

Joseph Dean Reilly was part of the first replacements to join the 501st [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 3rd Battalion...

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