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Dr. Stanley Jaffe's basic training at Camp Barkeley, Texas [Annotator's Note: in Abilene, Texas] was straightforward....

Herbert Nelson Fontenot was born in April 1927 in Fenton, Louisiana. His father died when Fontenot was only 11 years...

Harry George Paege, Junior had his 21st birthday in the service. He was a bugler. He got a letter that said his mother...

Richard "Dick" Schneider had somewhat of a difficult time adjusting to civilian life upon his return to the United...

When John Luckadoo was on his bomb run [Annotators Note: during the 8 October 1943 mission to Bremen] it was terribly...

Clyde East stayed with the 15th Squadron [Annotator’s Note: 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron] and continued his...

Marvin Raymond Edwards had all kinds in his crew. One was from New Mexico, several from the Midwest, one from Texas,...

Hawk describes his war wounds from shrapnel and having the pieces picked out of his skin. He describes the results of...

Delbert Frank Wombacher was born in Lawrence, Nebraska on a farm [Annotator's Note: in October 1918]. He grew during...

Joseph Kagan was an infantry soldier. He won the Silver Star [Annotator's Note: the Silver Star Medal is the third-...

Elmer Knudsen's first combat was at Fort Driant, about a week after he got off the boat in France. It took him about a...

Virgil Faust was born in 1921 in Windber, Pennsylvania. His father was a carpenter by trade, and maintained housing for...

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