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Patrick Russell was born in Minneapolis in 1919. His wife was born there as well. He attended 14 different schools...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was divided into a group sent to a camp that overlooked a...

The hardest part of boot camp was being told what to do. Charles R. Smith was 18 years old when he went in. He had to...

Robert S. Rugeley was sent to basic training in Mineral Wells, Texas. He was then sent to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey [...

Glen Jostad was moved to Stalag IV after being evacuated from Stalag VI. Things got much tougher as the pressure drew...

Alois Kopp was in Pocatello, Idaho in the Civilian Conservation Camp when the Navy recruited him. He was sent to San...

During Donald Dean's career in the Navy, the thing he enjoyed most was sailing along a nice smooth sea when he was off...

Sterling Mace and his company [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

Having completed basic training in the Army Air Forces, Teddy Kirkpatrick was sent to aircraft mechanics school in...

Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in North Africa] took a...

Carl Constein reported to Reno [Annotator’s Note: Reno, Nevada] to complete transition training on a C-46 [Annotator’s...

Olin Pickens sailed overseas and arrived at Oran, North Africa on 26 January 1943. The men with whom Pickens had...

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