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Before Elmo Espree got on the ship for deployment overseas, his group of black soldiers was lined up first on the...

Robert Huber read Mein Kampf in high school. It was his first introduction to Hitler [Annotator's Note: German Dictator...

John Nicholas's ship, the USS Gayety (AM-239), participated in submarine chasing in the Pacific. He set the depth...

While Alfons Robert Kleindienst lived in Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany] during World War 2, he had no idea...

Benjamin Carson assessed the battle for Bougainville to be unique in the sense that the intent was not to capture the...

William Earl Gast was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September 1924. He grew up with two sisters. His dad worked...

Norman Sterrie has come to view Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Coral Sea, 4 to 8 May 1942] as an important...

Lillian Drucker did not have any Gold Star mothers [Annotator's Note: women entitled to display a gold star on a...

After Marshall Burnett's induction at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Notes: Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi], he...

Billy P. Bassett was assigned to the 11th Armored Division soon after receiving his wings [Annotator's Note: in the...

Benjamin Lesser arrived at Birkenau after a long journey in a cattle car. It was adjacent to Auschwitz. Birkenau was...

If the aviators saw a plane hit, they would count the parachutes that came out. According to Darrell D. Gust, if the...

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