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

Wilburn K. Ross stayed behind because he felt that he was able to stop the Germans. He had confidence in his ability to...

Alexander Jefferson flew a mission to Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania]. It was the first time Jefferson had...

Frank Mancuso was born and raised in the 9th ward of New Orleans and attended C.J. Colton High School. His father died...

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

William Edwin Howard was born in Grand Island, Florida on his grandfather's farm in July 1924. He fished there on Lake...

William Fili had not been trained how to bail out of an aircraft. They had one bit of instruction. OSS [Annotator's...

Thomas D. Thompson met a girl in Florida before he left the country. When he was home on leave [Annotator's Note: an...

Lloyd Rogers remembers that there were temporary airfields in the Sahara Desert. Each airplane was dispersed with 100...

While Harry Boughman was on leave in the United States, the war ended in Europe. He was transferred to Fort Hood, Texas...

The Allied campaign in Italy was cold and miserable. Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. fought with some Mexican-American troops....

Reneau Breard served with the 504th Parachute Infantry [Annotator’s Note: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...

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