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Andrew Leblanc joined the Army because most of his friends were in the Army. He did not pick the Navy because he did...

Arthur L. Eads was born in Plainville, Kansas [Annotator's Note: in August 1920]. His father was a farmer, but then...

When Marvin Martin heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...

After his furlough, James Goodrich was told to report to Camp Pendleton. At the time Goodrich did not know what or...

Leo Denault finished school in June and went into the service on 16 August 1943. He went to basic training in Gulfport...

When the ceremony was over [Annotators Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...

[Annotator's Note: There is white noise throughout this clip.] James L. Lowder thinks that going into the Army made him...

Richard Baile was given a rigid physical which was going well until they gave him the color blind test again. This time...

One morning, Richard Thelen saw a plane fly over him and he knew that he was about to be rescued [Annotator's Note: USS...

Walter Jacobs was born in Mississippi. His father worked a variety of jobs. Jacobs grew up on a farm that did not have...

Donald F. Goyette got to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands], really early in the air war, but as a...

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