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Howard T. Maki was born in May 1925 and grew up in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. His parents were from Finland. Maki...

In April 1945, President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States]...

William Balabanow was born in February 1926 in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. His stepfather was a miner. During the...

Robert Tyler Oakes was pushed and shoved around by the villagers after being captured after bailing out of his plane....

Edgar De Pue Osgood was on anti-submarine and escort duty [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Patrol Bombing Squadron...

One night when they were after a target, the skipper dropped this white handkerchief and James Nerison heard him give...

Walter Henry Barton and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division...

Claude L. Lewis remembers they had to dig foxholes. The Germans had left big piles of sandbags. They could see the...

[Annotator's Note: Ivan Van der Pool points on a map to various locations he saw in North Africa.] Ivan Van der Pool...

It bothers George McGovern today that when he talks to college kids they have no idea about Vietnam. Even though he...

Clinton Riddle initially wanted to join the US Navy after he graduated from high school but being the only child in his...

Harley Reynolds and his unit disembarked from Sicily near the beach where they landed. There was a convoy on the way...

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