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The Germans were formidable because of their early conquests like the blitzkrieg [Annotator's Note: method of warfare...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Arthur Smith if he recalls where he was or what he was doing when the Japanese...

In late April 1944 they [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] were put on...

After his service, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. took advantage of his G.I. Bill benefits [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill,...

John B. Butz was born in Fort Worth, Texas on 14 September 1920. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...

It gradually sunk in to Rothacker Smith that he was a prisoner of war as he believed for the first couple of days in...

In England, Darrell Welch worked with the British. They told them the enemy was tough. The British had gotten Spitfires...

Frederick Amore was transferred to Payne Field in Cairo, Egypt and, because there were too many mechanics there, he did...

Leedell Neyland got the Legion of Honor Medal [Annotator’s Note: The Legion of Honor is the highest French order of...

Thomas D. Thompson enlisted [Annotator's Note: in the Navy in early 1943] because he has a fierce love of his country....

Freddie Ohr was assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group overseas. They were flying Spitfires. Ohr learned how to fly the...

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