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Samuel Spector and OSS Detachment 101 had a main mission of gathering intelligence and destroying the Japanese. They...

Gus Gikas was in India when he heard that the Germans had surrendered. Later, he heard of the Japanese surrender. Gikas...

They were two days at sea when the PA system came on informing them that the group was headed for Tokyo [Annotators...

Herbert Saylor was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania in September 1925. He was brought up during the Depression [Annotator'...

Assigned to the 1st Battalion[Annotator's Note: the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) was known as Merrill's...

[Annotator's Note: Newton Dana was born in 1924 in Trenton, New Jersey.] Newton Dana grew up with a large extended...

After flight training [Annotator's Note: in the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber], Newton Dana was sent to...

Joseph Silvia was stationed in Tezpur, India as a teletype operator [Annotator's Note: with the 1347th Army Air Force...

Cleveland Peterson was aboard the SS Johnson when he heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They had been...

Perry Garten removed wounded troops from the combat zones in his glider. The injured Australians were very stoic but...

Sherman was born and raised near Toledo, Ohio. He attended school in Toledo. He was fortunate enough to take classes at...

Robert Offenbacher was born in Lima, Ohio in September 1922. He had five brothers. He was a twin and one brother was...

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