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[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] Conrad D....

Zeno St. Cyr was born in 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri. Although his family was from New Orleans, at the time of St. Cyr'...

Jack Vandervort was sent to basic training again. [Annotator's Note: Lawton discusses the reasons in the clip titled "...

Benjamin Bederson's first job at Los Alamos, New Mexico was exploding steel tubes using a primer cord and strain gauges...

Joseph A. Cardinale’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8...

At the time Rosemary Elfer's two brothers and a sister were serving in the military. Her brother Edward fought on Wake...

Ora Hicks went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri] for nursing training in 1933. She had taught school...

Carl Nygren had to go on a 25-mile march with a full pack. He saw some people pass out afterward. After 20 miles, the...

Herbert Weatherwax was drafted into the military when he was 24 years old. He had a problem with alcohol while he was...

Jack A. Gillis was a member of the Army Air Defense observation teams on Hawaii. He was a PFC [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...

Zeno St. Cyr received his draft notice, but he found that he was rejected during his physical examinations because of...

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