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Ralph F. Lafferty did not get to see his brother often, despite being in the same regiment [Annotator's Note: Lafferty...

James Read Kirk was born in September 1924 in Watseka, Illinois. His parents moved to the Detroit area [Annotator's...

In September 1943, Harold Ashton's squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 21 (VP-21)] was sent to England. On the...

Olin Pickens was born in December 1921 near Dumas, Mississippi in the small village of Locum. His father worked as a...

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

In late May 1945, because Frank Finklang did not have enough points to go home, he was transferred to 346th Bombardment...

Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr., joined the service because he wanted to fly. He chose the Army Air Corps because he...

Darrell Welch is a fifth generation Texan born in Center City, Texas [Annotator's Note: in March 1918]. He moved West...

Robert Clifford Pryor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1920. Growing up during the Great Depression [...

Rothacker Smith felt the joy of liberation sweep over him when he saw American soldiers hoist the Stars and Stripes...

Thomas Michael Holt's Ranger training was arduous [Annotator's Note: the 1st Ranger Battalion]. Darby [Annotator's Note...

Hairston operated a Howitzer during the war. He notes that artillery is never really precise. There were a lot of...

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