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After basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Curtis Winfred Wise went to Fort Rucker, Alabama to a new company...

Stewart Bass was excited and nervous to fly his first combat mission. He soon calmed down, followed his training and...

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

William Barnes was born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After high school he attended Bowling Green Business...

Harry McKnight was not smart enough to be afraid until he heard shells firing for the first time. It took time for him...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore if his meeting a variety of types of people in the service...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. witnessed the end of the fighting on Wake Island. It was chaotic. He [Annotator’s Note: then US...

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

Charles Martin was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator’s Note: in Oceanside, California] when they formed the 1st Amphibious...

[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] The war gave Malcolm Louis Holleman a...

Sterling Cale received several different military decorations. He received multiple Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a...

Paul Ignatius did not have post-traumatic stress or nightmares from his experiences in World War 2. He is proud of his...

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