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Wallace Hurley lost sleep for 14 years over shooting two German soldiers in the back during the war. He met with a man...

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

Charles Martin did not want to be drafted into the Army. He tried to enlist in the Air Force cadet school. He passed...

Dracos Burke was deployed to Germany, and put into the last B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...

Bernard Peters was sent to Kern, Utah for basic training. They were in tar paper barracks. They went through a...

On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], John Edward...

James Deal served in World War 2 because his older brother volunteered for the Army. Deal visited him at Camp Shelby,...

Howard Ricks returned to Maui after the Battle of Tinian. Comfort levels had improved at that Marine base compared to...

When Martin Jacobson and his Underwater Demolition Team [Annotator's Note: UDT-3] did reconnaissance, they did not go...

Admiral Mitscher [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher] was aboard Warren Nolan's ship [...

Allen Pedersen used the G.I. Bill briefly. He quickly obtained a job. It was a little difficult at first but things...

Prior to becoming the postmaster, Walter Bowsher had manned three inch antiaircraft guns. He was familiar with those...

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