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Bryan Compton was born in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1919. He has lived around Watonga all his life and got to see the world...

Yeu Foon, who changed his Chinese name to Johnny Ngai after the war, started out in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the...

William Leo Spaetgens had his life changed by the Second World War. If a person could not work for something or pay for...

Charles Coolidge took sheep into a minefield instead of sending men through it to be sure there were no mines. Early in...

Earl Ervin Clark was born in July 1919 in Londonderry, Vermont. He grew up during the Great Depression and struggled...

Raymond Cauble just wanted to fly. There was a boy with them on the train to California. When they graduated, he went...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Hairston served in the army as a forward observer with the 599th Field Artillery Battalion,...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...

Wilburn K. Ross had his molars knocked out in France by shrapnel. His company commander had sent him and about eight of...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling in the background throughout this segment.] Albert Castaing was born in New...

Tokuji Yoshihashi was born in January 1923 in Pasadena, California. He was one of five children. Times were tough for...

Robert Jagers' daily routine [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS LST-351] consisted of standing a four-hour watch, called...

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