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Frederick Hollis was drafted in August 1952. He had 16 weeks of Army basic training in Fort Bliss, Texas, eight weeks...

Jack Weiss was born in Elkhart, Indiana in June 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...

Rather than being discharged, Frederick Moore said, officers are released from active duty. One of his most memorable...

Thomas Paris was born in Nashville, Tennessee in May 1926. He had one sister. His father was a salesman for Remington....

Albert Porche went into the service after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The armed forces were trying to recruit as many...

Benjamin Carson was born in February 1923 on a farm in Ottawa Township, Minnesota. Shortly afterward, his family moved...

Robert Oplinger was born in August 1925 and grew up in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He enjoyed his life. He remembers the...

Salvatore Famularo was sent home on a C-54 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo aircraft]. There were no...

Kaliste Joseph Saloom, Jr. was born in Lafayette, Louisiana on in May 1919. Prior to the war, Saloom attended college...

Charles Harrison was having breakfast in the mess hall on Peale Island when he heard a runner from the detachment shout...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

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