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Earl Colson was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in November 1924. He had two brothers. His dad was a caretaker at the...

Earl Colson landed in Le Havre, France [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division]. They trained there as they...

Earl Colson [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division] did not have more than skirmishes in the Philippines...

Photograph, aerial. Members of the U.S. Army's 86th Infantry Division arriving aboard a transport ship in New York City...

Photograph. U.S. Private First Class Fred Doughty, at home for a 30-day furlough, meeting his infant son for the first...

Photograph. Robert P. Patterson, U.S. Undersecretary of War shakes hands with Major General Harris M. Melasky,...

Photograph. GI wearing top hat and holding wine bottle leans on cane on residential sidewalk. Personal caption on photo...

Photograph. GI musicians perform at a party. Philippines. 1945

Photograph. GIs sit together at a table drinking. Table is covered in beer bottles. Philippines. 1945

Photograph. Female singer performs on stage with a small jazz band during a USO show. Philippines. 1945

Photograph. GI baseball team poses outside at baseball diamond. Philippines. 1945

Photograph. Action shot of baseball game. Batter swings at baseball. Philippines. 1945

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