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Holloman was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1924. His father worked for the US Postal Service from 1919 until 1969.As...

There was 1 company of tanks, 1 company of infantry and a company for support. Kanaya is not sure how they did it, but...

In 1943, elements of Ralph F. Lafferty's unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...

George McGovern had never been in an airplane before he took a civilian course. He was scared but eventually got over...

Herman Pbert went to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: in Trenton, New Jersey], and he was not put through basic training. He...

Claude L. Lewis remembers they had to dig foxholes. The Germans had left big piles of sandbags. They could see the...

In October 1944, Harold Ashton deployed to Hawaii. He trained and patrolled there for a month, then flew to Tinian [...

Frank Finklang had intentions to go to pilot training but learned that the Air Force closed pilot school. He decided to...

Reneau Breard [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] was...

During the breakout from the Anzio beachhead John Vessey was a forward observer with an infantry company. They were...

Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Ranger Battalion who was taken prisoner by the...

Once Darrell Welch decided to become a pilot, he decided it was a good calling. He never had any trouble in flight...

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