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

Eugene Dorsey was assigned to the Navy Armed Guard. He was sent to the Armed Guard Center in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note...

Arthur Frongello was transferred to Squadron 22 [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 22 (MTBRon 22)] as a...

John Vessey landed in Oran and went immediately to [Annotators Note: unsure of town he says], 50 miles or more out of...

When the American troops landed in Sicily, Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert recalls receiving heavy fire from the...

Alexander Jefferson traveled overseas on the top deck with White nurses in a group of all Black officers. The White...

Anna Maria Giamberardino was born in May 1931 in Ventimiglia, Italy, near France. Her father worked for the railroad,...

After George McGovern landed safely on Vis [Annotator's Note: the island of Vis, Croatia], the other nine men in his...

In January or February 1942, President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt] signed Executive Order...

Glover Pugh was born in March 1925 in Coffeeville, Alabama. His parents separated when he was in the eighth grade, and...

Henry Phillips' regiment went through a series of disasters during the battle. One full company was bush whacked by the...

Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Normandy after...

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