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Theodore Theodore was born in July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the middle child of three children in the family. His...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

When Edward F. Kent went into combat in Europe, he carried a carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Vaughn Whitworth if he experienced racism from other Marines while serving in...

Emil Kesselman’s discharge date was set for August 1950 and he went home to New York, and to work at Brillo [Annotator’...

Clem Thrift's most memorable experience of the war was finding out he had joined the regular Navy, learning a trade,...

Archibald Boyd Rackerby was born in July 1920 in Washington, D.C. because his mother and her family were Washingtonians...

Henry Joffray was a member of the Merchant Marine during World War 2. There were 4,000 ships and 260,000 sailors in...

After he returned to duty, Lloyd Dendy had a case come up where a member had a death in the family. The Red Cross is...

Henry Ratcliff almost arrived home after his outfit did [Annotator's Note: 860th Aviation Engineer Battalion, 5th Air...

[Annotator's Note: Abner Aust stayed in the military after the end of World War 2.] The 36th Tactical Fighter Wing was...

Deen was born in McCray, Georgia. His father was the president of South Methodist College. He was one of three kids....

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