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Major Kriz [Annotator's Note: 394th Infantry Regiment's commanding officer] hand-picked the men. They were chosen by IQ...

Anthony Acevedo was born in San Bernardino, California and spent most of his childhood in Pasadena. His father was a...

Emory Maurice Ornelles was sent to Camp Wolters [Annotator's Note: later Fort Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas] for...

Gilbert Shawn was not shipped to basic training. Instead, he went to an air field in Kentucky as a cadet. Shawn took a...

Bud Loring ended up at a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp after making it back to the front lines. When...

Lionel Baxter served in the 941st Field Artillery in Battery A [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 941st Field Artillery...

[Annotator's Note: Edward Nickerson flew across the Atlantic and landed in Scotland in early 1944.] Edward Nickerson...

The next day, John Mock was flown to Rheims, France in a C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft]...

Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer, even though he had no training in this...

Curt Simmons was in New Orleans on VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day]. In order to get discharged, the...

Larris Duhon rejoined his regiment [Annotator’s Note: the 300th Engineer Combat Battalion] after five months in the...

Robert Max believes the German sergeant truly thought he was sending Max to a camp where the Geneva Convention was...

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