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Thomas Cowart was born in November 1925 in Mobile, Alabama. He grew up there in a poor family. He had three brothers...

Jack Buckner enlisted because he was patriotic. It was his duty. He always wanted to fly so it was a great opportunity...

When Grant went out for his operation, he and the guard rode a streetcar into town then boarded another one that took...

Rita Brandes stayed with her sister and her husband [Annotator's Note: Brandes left Bremen, Germany as a teenager and...

Currey picks back up on his Medal of Honor action story from the point in time right after he fired on the tank with...

[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] In headquarters [Annotator's Note: Headquarters...

Opal Grapes saw the first patients arriving by midmorning or noon [Annotator’s Note: on D-Day, 6 June 1944]. The...

Vernon Wold's most memorable experience of World War 2 was feeling the 57 [Annotator's Note: M1 57mm anti-tank gun]...

James Elduff flew during the Korean War [Annotator’s Note: Korean War; 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953]. He received an...

Robert Whitcomb was put in a compound with Polish prisoners who had been there for six years [Annotator's Note: at...

From Camp Howze [Annotator's Note: Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas; now Gainesville municipal airport], Bernard Brown...

After the war, Leroy Redmond returned to his job at Westinghouse. He got married after three years. He married the girl...

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