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In the early part of 1944, Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] were put in a...

Following basic training and being part of a cadre at Fort Benning [Annotator’s Note: Fort Benning, Georgia], Joseph...

In Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth Gibbens worked in a veterans' hospital for a few months, but quit when she became...

The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was...

Stegmeier was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1922. At the time of the interview he is 85 years old. He attended Grandview...

Paul Rothenheber was excited to be back home. He smoked alot of cigarettes at the time. When he would go home, he gave...

Severin Fayerman was born shortly after World War 1 in an area that had been under German occupation for several...

Richard Candelaria waited until dark then took off. He was armed with a .45 pistol that he tied around his neck to keep...

Joseph J. Drake's service in the war was worth it. Germany and Japan probably could have controlled the world had they...

Edward G. Willette lived in tents [Annotator's Note: in Cherbourg, France], and the closest he came to combat at the...

While Norris Bucksell was in Naples, Italy, the churches that had not been bombed stayed open and he was able to attend...

Paul Hissey remembered when the war ended all the fighter planes were destroyed because they did not want them to fall...

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