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[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Upon receiving his...

Lucien Paul Laborde was named after his grandfathers. He was the third boy in his family. Laborde was born in Vinton,...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Jones Quincy Adams Jr. and the interviewer in conversation.] Adams was...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. flew as a bombardier aboard B-29s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy...

George Shenkle was born in New Jersey in 1921. His father was a clerk to the superintendent of a steel company. His...

James A. Griffis [Annotator's Note: with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division]...

Robert Martin to Jamaica and Panama [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS LST-515]. He sent his lieutenant's mail to China...

Robert "Bob" Livingston volunteered for service with the US Army Air Force on 4 September 1942. He was sent to Camp...

Charles R. Smith [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry...

Edwin Slomka was shipped overseas on the Aquitania [Annotator's Note: RMS Aquitania], which was turned into a troopship...

First Lieutenant Lloyd Reese flew 11 missions as a bombardier on a B-24 for the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th...

Elmer Knudsen's first combat was at Fort Driant, about a week after he got off the boat in France. It took him about a...

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