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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Homer Myers to tell him about being called out to assist the survivors of the...

Martin Carmody and Les Ward finally joined back up with each other. They had both consumed a lot of fuel during their...

Byron Herbert Meader received very little military training when he was assigned to the 3462nd Ordnance Medium...

Gonzales was 10 years old when the Japanese invaded [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippine Islands]. At the time he...

Richard Keller was at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with Company F, 148th...

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

With his orders in hand, Robert Leese left New Guinea by way of Nadzab and Finschhafen, and sailed on a transport ship...

Leo Denault remembers they would post every day who qualified. [Annotator’s Note: He was in training in Santa Ana,...

Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

Adolfo V. Celaya went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. The training was difficult...

After Korea, Walter Bowsher served as the San Diego brig warden. In 1953, he was in charge of the escort section of men...

Some of the men Ellis Whaley trained with were weeping about being away from home. The climate in Washington was cold....

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