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John Poole was born in Mercy, Texas in 1923. The Great Depression represented hard times for Poole. His father had a...

The worst part of the mission to Bremen for George Roberts was the fighters. Roberts operated his gun from the radio...

Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator taking part in Operation Tidal Wave over Ploiești,...

Joe Crandall believes that the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944,...

Michael Cokinos grew up in Beaumont, Texas. During the Great Depression, life was pretty strict for him. His parents...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] hit a mine not far the...

Zawada tried to run when he got hit, but he no idea how badly injured he was [Annotator's Note: during the Hammelburg...

His expertise was not required for the invasion of Normandy [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6...

Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...

On 1 July 1943, Milton Moxon received his draft notice. He reported to Fort Hood, Texas for basic training after which...

Bernard Peters was sent to Kern, Utah for basic training. They were in tar paper barracks. They went through a...

Daniel Samuelson enlisted in the Army Air Corps and went to Texas for basic training. In high school, he did alright...

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