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When Charles McGee first got to Italy, a lot of work and activity was based around survival. The men would improve...

Frank Finklang recalls a mission where a plane in front of him was hit and the pilot bailed out but did not have time...

Jim Stumpfa had an exciting time at sea [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Bangor (PF-16)]. He had a shop. He had a...

Albert Porche began his typical day as a fighter armorer by having breakfast and then going to look on the board where...

Fred Topel decided to go into the National Guard with a few other friends. He was only 16 years old, so he had to lie...

Edgar De Pue Osgood was not shot up on any of his missions [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Patrol Bombing Squadron...

Ivan van der Pool was in Hershey, Pennsylvania, when he received his orders to go overseas. From there, he boarded the...

Hairston operated a Howitzer during the war. He notes that artillery is never really precise. There were a lot of...

Jack Cohen does get emotional talking and thinking about what he went through. He also thinks about what happened in...

Freddie Ohr notes that another day LeMay [Annotators Note: USAAF then USAF General Curtis LeMay] landed and was looking...

Gowan Duffy remembers they started to run out of supplies. Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George...

Barney Hajiro entered the Army and was immediately required to do manual labor around the Hawaiian Islands in...

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