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Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

James Patterson remembers classification was the hardest part of becoming a cadet. They were considered privates as far...

Dr. Peter Paret, military historian and author, was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924, and his youth and life were shaped...

Charles Wesley Borders retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 1971. He got to be a Wing Commander...

Edward F. Kent was born in November 1917 and grew up with one older sister. During the Great Depression [Annotator's...

After the invasion of the Kwajalein Atoll [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, 31 January to 3 February...

James Stewart Rosenbaum's most memorable experience was when his friend went on a mission and was killed by a sniper....

Charles J. Alvarez Sr.’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it was announced that the war was over. He...

They [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] called the officer over and told him that the war was over. About a half hour...

fter occupation in Japan, Elroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,...

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

Ricardo R. Rondinelli returned to his hometown in Puerto Rico after his overseas deployment in the Pacific. A week...

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