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Enrique Cervantes was born in Fresno, California in October 1923. He grew up in severe poverty and experienced bigotry...

Jerome Harold Black went to Allied Headquarters [Annotator's Note: Allied Force Headquarters, or AFHQ, in Caserta,...

In 1944, after bailing out of his damaged aircraft, Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a bombardier with the 407th...

[Annotator’s Note: There is white noise in the background throughout the segment.] When he went into service, Theodore...

Leo Denault was shipped to Ieshima [Annotator’s Note: Ieshima, Japan]. They were still clearing the jungle. This is...

After receiving his wings and commission, Anthony “Tony” Gallego went home [Annotator’s Note: to Los Angeles,...

Louis Cardenas was put into the 36th Infantry Division. They learned how to dig foxholes and fire rifles. They would...

A number of years ago, Ben Epstein recalled, he was part of a survivors' organization that found two survivors of the...

The weather in Europe during December 1944 was bad, according to James Pritchett's account, and the air space around...

[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer served in the USAAF as a tail gunner aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers...

The war in the Pacific was over in August 1945. Donald Dean Paynter got out of the service that December. He had...

The barracks were about two or three miles from the fields. Sometimes John Symons walked there. They had A, B, and C...

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