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Michael J. Doi was born in California. On 19 January 1942 Doi was inducted into the US Army at the age of 21. The army...

[Annotators Note: John Vessey served in the army as the First Sergeant of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,...

John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...

In Vietnam, Van Barfoot found the news different from the perspective he got from it in the United States. He saw and...

For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...

The Germans were formidable because of their early conquests like the blitzkrieg [Annotator's Note: method of warfare...

Raymond Wells retired from the service in June 1983. After retiring, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas but eventually...

Edward J. Leonard was in a German half-track [Annotator's Note: M3 half-track; a vehicle with front wheels and rear...

After the war ended in Europe, it was a possibility that John B. Butz and his crew would be needed again to fight Japan...

Walter Ehlers rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry...

It gradually sunk in to Rothacker Smith that he was a prisoner of war as he believed for the first couple of days in...

Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. was sent to Camp Gordon [Annotator's Note: now Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia] to prepare for...

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