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Richard Duchossois was born in October of 1921 in Chicago. His whole family lived, and still lives, in Chicago....

[Annotator's Note: Bernard Smith flew his final five missions with "bastard" crews or crews made of men who did not...

John Arch McGill says the war was a terrible waste, in terms of loss of human life, of destruction to communities, and...

Marvin Raymond Edwards was sent to Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama [Annotator's Note: now Maxwell-Gunter Air Force...

In June 1943, nearing the end of Maxwell Nelson’s deferment, he decided to join the US Merchant Marine and was sent to...

Steve Pisanos scored his first victory on 21 May [Annotators Note: 21 May 1943]. They had taken bombers to Frankfurt,...

The time came when Anthony Acevedo had to leave home and join the Army. The American Embassy kept close tabs on them [...

[Annotator's Note: William King was trained to repair and maintain communications equipment at Camp Crowder, Missouri...

Harold Berkman returned to the United States via New York harbor. He arrived at night with the Statue of Liberty and...

Around three in the morning on 7 June [Annotator's Note: 7 June 1944] Harold Baumgarten saw an Army ambulance coming...

John Weinart notes that the previous story was probably the closest he ever got to being killed. It was not an unusual...

When his company [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division] got to...

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