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Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and went in on 17 August 1943. He stayed in Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: Pineville,...

Gus Gikas landed in the United States in New York City, New York when he returned from India. From there, he went to...

The experience of seeing the kids wanting American candy, and the subsequent revelation of the ship that had passed...

Jack Sinise arrived in England in January 1944 [Annotator's Note: and joined the 379th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...

Vernon Grimes has lost two wives since the war, but never cried over them, despite loving them dearly. He believes his...

Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. is sure the P-51s [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] kept planes...

Eben Smith was relocated to Camp Lucky Strike in France [Annotator's Note: after being liberated from the Stalag Luft I...

Bernard Smith was very comfortable as an armorer gunner. He and his crew got along very well. They were ecumenical....

Gale Ammerman needed his weapons in the Varsity landing [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel,...

Kassal enlisted in January of 1942 and was assigned to the Army Air Forces. He was sent to Camp Upton at Yaphank, Long...

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

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany after he bailed out of his plane [...

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