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Avon is 60 miles south of Mitchell, South Dakota. George McGovern spent the first three years of his life in Avon. He...

After contracting polio [Annotator's Note: poliomyelitis, an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system...

Dr. Roscoe Brown feels that Washington D.C. was an ambivalent city when it came to race. When they got to Virginia they...

Albert Porche began his typical day as a fighter armorer by having breakfast and then going to look on the board where...

[Annotator’s Note: There is white noise in the background throughout the segment.] When he went into service, Theodore...

Holloman feels that the most positive thing that came out of World War II was in 1948 when President Harry Truman...

Frank Finklang was born in April 1924 in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri]. He served with the...

Robert Tyler Oakes easily adjusted to civilian life. He was glad to be home. He does not recall any posttraumatic...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling, seats squeaking, and people in the background throughout this segment.]...

Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...

Timothy Mahoney kept up with his friends for some time after the war. One of his friends became a doctor. Another man...

Raymond Cauble had to leave his wife in Tampa [Annotator's Note: Tampa, Florida] when he went up to Smyrna [Annotator's...

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