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The men learned to pack parachutes and jump from a tower. They had to pack the first 10 parachutes they would use at...

Otis Barnes was born in Texas. He grew up when times were tight. His father was able to raise vegetables. Times were...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Asbury went to England and was checked out in the North American P-51 Mustang fighter...

Upon returning to the United States in mid 1946, Manuel Ruiz turned down the opportunity for a promotion if he agreed...

Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...

As the war was nearing its end, Eugene T. Leavy and a friend went into Backnang [Annotator’s Note: Backnang, Germany]...

When Raymond VanDuzer first went into the hedgerows [Annotator's Note: the hedgerows of Normandy] he mixed some drinks...

The older victims of the Holocaust had always viewed the displaced children as "refugees," according to Fred Manasse,...

Bill Schwartz was born in June 1924 in North Plainfield, New Jersey. His family moved around, but he considers...

Gene R. Jerabek's [Annotator's Note: a lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps with the 8th Evacuation Hospital] husband...

Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...

Carl Platkin remembers they could not do anything about the flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire]. They...

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