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elias Doundoulakis was born in Canton, Ohio in July 1923. He grew up with one older brother, George. He was raised by...

To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....

Clifford Smith was at home reading a comic book and listening to the radio on 7 December 1941 when the news of the...

Roland Chaisson was in the 1st Division [Annotator's Note: US Army's 1st Infantry Division] in Company B, 16th Infantry...

Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and a few other prisoners were released from the prison camp near the end of the war. He...

Early life for Charles Radford was tough because of the Great Depression. He grew up in a family of eight including his...

Edward J. Leonard asked about submarines getting the Queen Mary because the war was still going on when he was sent...

During the war, T. Moffatt Burriss encountered an individual nicknamed Eight Ball. Burriss first encountered him in...

[Annotator's Note: Carl Peterson served in the Army as a mortar man in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment...

Ralph “Bud” Ginrich had little to do for entertainment as a prisoner of war (POW). Some men played cards. There were no...

The war ended on May 8th, 1945. Coincidentally it was Hairston's birthday. It was also Truman's [Annotators Note:...

Norman Raner enlisted on 18 May 1941. He went to Port Des Moines [Annotator's Note: Port of Des Moines, Iowa] and then...

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