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Jack Dunlavy was born In Avery, Mississippi in June 1925. It was a small town. His father was a millwright at the...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

Irma Darphin was born in Orange, Texas in August 1922. Her family moved to Crowley, Louisiana when she was one year old...

Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...

Elizabeth Gibbens was born in January 1920 in Corning, New York. Her father, a schoolteacher at the time, moved the...

[Annotator's Note: Interview begins mid-discussion with brief mention of the Malmedy Massacre, the massacre of 84...

Donald Witmer didn't know what his fate would be. He thought he was drifting toward the beach, one that was held by the...

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

James Deal was born in Woodleaf, North Carolina in November 1922. He was raised on a farm. There were 12 in the family...

Roy Boreen felt that World War 2 did not change his values in life although the war did have an impact on his life...

Ray Dennis Irby turned 17 in 1941. He was in the backyard of his home in Meridian [Annotator's Note: Meridian,...

Hamilton gives a vivid description of growing up during the Great Depression. Times were tough but her family made it...

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