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Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...

Alexander Jefferson worked in the post office after school when he returned home from war. Jefferson discovered that...

William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits. In the letters he wrote, he put...

William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces out of Naples, Italy] had something strange...

Harley Reynolds learned immediately on the Queen Mary that they were headed for England because the crew passed along...

When Hairston was in Italy he received and gave favorable treatment from and to the Italians. He felt that the black...

The war affected Robert Ledford because it made him grow up fast. He went into the service at 18 years old and by 19 he...

Barney Hajiro fought in Northern Italy. Hajiro was the messenger for Company M [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd...

After completing 17 weeks of infantry basic training, Tokuji Yoshihashi was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi. After two...

The Italian campaigns were the toughest part of Nicholas John Compagno's World War 2 experience. Being part of the 36th...

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

George McGovern had one his buddies took him up in a plane to see if he could still fly a few years ago. He was able to...

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