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Since there was a war, Robert Madison said, he was grateful that he got to serve, even though there was discrimination...

John Vessey landed in Oran and went immediately to [Annotators Note: unsure of town he says], 50 miles or more out of...

Rothacker Smith's family moved into his grandfather's house in Detroit before the Great Depression. There, Smith and...

John Shirley was born in December 1924 in Santa Ana, California. He had two sisters. He was in school during the...

Arthur Smith was stationed at La Maddalena [Annotator's Note: Advanced Base La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy]. Pop Bond [...

After contracting polio [Annotator's Note: poliomyelitis, an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system...

Clarke Langrall was born in December 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up during the Great Depression, things were...

Henry Phillips' regiment went through a series of disasters during the battle. One full company was bush whacked by the...

Frank Mancuso was born and raised in the 9th ward of New Orleans and attended C.J. Colton High School. His father died...

Robert Jagers used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

Darrell Welch and his squadron [Annotator's Note: 27th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, 12th Air Force] kind of...

Dr. Roscoe Brown says that the scene in the film "Red Tails" where the pilots were standing on the air field doing a...

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