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Vernon Baker looked at things differently after the war. He used to think of himself as a killer but then he started to...

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

For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...

Glover Pugh was selected for his job because he was so small, only weighing 120 pounds. The sergeant took him under his...

In Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944, Anzio, Italy] at night, they [Annotator's...

As Lee O. McKinnon was on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Calvert (APA-32)] that had reached North Africa for an...

Nicholas John Compagno first came under fire while in North Africa and then in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy...

William McCowen thinks it is important to have the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks the interviewee what the military nurses did for socializing during their war...

Joseph Hairston ended up at a camp 100 miles south of Tucson [Annotator's Note: Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona...

Odell Vaughn and the 178th Field Artillery Battalion had its toughest battle at Kasserine Pass. They moved on through...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was on the beach [...

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