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When the draft was instituted, Harold Ashton decided to enlist in the Navy with hopes of becoming a pilot. After...

Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. received the Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the fourth-highest award a United States service...

Edward LaPorta was a halftrack driver during his first battle. He remembers that they had nothing to fight with except...

Roger Shaw was 22 years old when he returned to the United States. When he got back to the United States, he went up...

When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...

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

[Annotator's Note: Walter Henry Barton took part in intensive training from his arrival at Camp Adair, Oregon from...

The terrain in Italy was mountainous. Shiyuza Hayashi wonders how people live in the mountains. It must be a tough life...

Harley Reynolds was one of the first people under fire during the invasion of North Africa. Reynolds saw fighting on...

Edgar De Pue Osgood was on anti-submarine and escort duty [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Patrol Bombing Squadron...

Nicholas Ventura Sr. [Annotator’s Note: with the 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division] crossed the Arno...

Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. learned the war had ended by radio. The ships were having a big time and celebrating. The weird...

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