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Richard Lafleur could smell Japan as they got close. Before long they could see the coastline. He envisioned what the...

That night they ran out of trees [Annotators Note: after escaping a German prisoner of war camp and looking for...

Richard Lafleur went to Fort Riley [Annotator's Note: in Geary and Riley Counties, Kansas] for basic training after...

When the 1st Calvary Division was preparing for the landing on Manus, John Smith was in the reconnaissance patrol sent...

John E. Smith was born in June 1922 in Magnolia, Arkansas. His father was an Army sergeant and the family moved around...

John Smith said that as campaign veterans, his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 271st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st...

Sam V. Abate did reconnaissance and field artillery training [Annotator's Note: at Camp Hood, now Fort Hood, in Killeen...

Wesley S. Mullen underwent basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. He was assigned to the horse cavalry, but it was soon...

Harry Snyder was born in August 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an only child who lived with his mother and...

In late April 1944 they [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] were put on...

[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] Gilbert H. Howland was getting the news of what...

Robert D. Shaner made a trip to the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines aboard the USS LST-475...

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