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He took the advice of Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jack Dobbs went right to work, hauling building supplies. He established a...

William Smith was born in Ashland, Kentucky in March 1922. His dad was a doctor who was a surgeon in World War 1. The...

George N. Boutwell was born in July 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up with one older brother and a younger sister...

When they [Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff and the rest of the strike group] arrived at the point where they [Annotator's...

During the war James Salerno did not like the Japanese and had nothing nice to say about them. The Japanese soldiers...

Wallace McKay's most memorable experience of the war was going to Japan. It was memorable because of how docile the...

Robert Perry did his Navy boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. He was then sent to...

Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings. When he was four years old, the...

John Wicklund says the most effective weapon the infantry used was the Browning Automatic Rifle [Annotator's Note: BAR...

Vernon Henry Moret returned to Maryland after he was discharged from the Army and lived with his parents. He attended...

Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

William Beaman was born in October 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, the only boy of three children. His father died when he was...

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