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Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. was sent to Camp Gordon [Annotator's Note: now Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia] to prepare for...

During the war, T. Moffatt Burriss encountered an individual nicknamed Eight Ball. Burriss first encountered him in...

Robert Jagers and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351] moved out, anchored, and unloaded their first wave...

Freddie Ohr was assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group overseas. They were flying Spitfires. Ohr learned how to fly the...

Raymond Burchell started smelling flesh. He thought maybe an air raid was happening. They could not see smoke. As they...

After the war ended in Africa they continued training in the desert. The men were given passes to go into Tunisia but...

They shipped out in late September [Annotator's Note: September 1942] and landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942....

John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...

Hairston was puzzled how in World War I and World War II, African Americans were labeled as being inefficient soldiers...

Arnold Horn and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 45th Infantry Division] departed from of Chesapeake Bay [Annotator’s Note:...

Tokuji Yoshihashi was drafted and went to Camp Blanding, Florida for 17 weeks of basic training. He was trained on...

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