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Dominick Frank Poliseno says that although the newer Rangers were trained by, and got along well enough with the older...

William Balabanow joined the Merchant Marines after World War 2 had broken out. He never encountered the Germans...

Holloman returned to active duty with the stipulation that he be retained for five years so he could retire. The army...

The missions George McGovern flew usually required between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds of bombs, with ten of those bombs...

Harold Ashton's crew flew over 100 missions including his missions in the Atlantic. He was sent back to the United...

Claude L. Lewis kissed the ground when he returned to the States [Annotator’s Note: United States]. He had enough...

During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...

Darrell Welch trained on twin engine aircraft. He was flying bombers in flight school and assumed he was going to be a...

At the age of 17, Walter Henry Barton dropped out of high school to join the Army. Since. He was called up three months...

Shiyuza Hayashi was born near Waialua Sugar Plantation on the west side of the island [Annotator's Note: Oahu, Hawaii...

William Blanckenburg had an upper middle class upbringing, but they struggled during the Depression. Blanckenburg was...

It is hard for Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. to remember a lot. He does not remember the names of half the ships he was on....

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