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Williams Riggs was born in Somerset, Texas in January 1925. He grew up working on a farm and vowed he would never go...

John "Jack" Raquepau does not know if he got the same bunk that was used by the pilot he replaced [Annotator's Note:...

Robert G. Aldous and his crew lost their radar operator. Their copilot went to get a suntan and went to sleep. He fell...

Austin H. Kiplinger and his unit [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 66 (VC-66) flying from USS Nassau (CVE-16)] went...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] George N. Boutwell [Annotator’s...

Bombing 6 and Scouting 8 had different ready rooms and different skippers, but the guys interacted with each other....

Ralph Burch was born in August 1923 in Port Arthur [Annotator’s Note: Port Arthur, Texas]. He lived close to the canals...

Lieutenant Babe Meeks informed William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment, that the he...

[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee’s wife interjects throughout this clip.] Sherwin Lansing Eddy readjusted to civilian...

After being separated from the Army at Fort Meade, Maryland on 6 March 1946, Lester Caplan used the G.I. Bill to...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

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