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William Leo Spaetgens was pulled out of the Navy Armed Guard in January 1945. Many men were removed from that service...

Robert Jagers went to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was sent overseas [Annotation...

Richard Field was overseas for about 21 months. His son was born nine months after he returned. They sailed out in a...

[Annotator’s Note: There is white noise in the background.] Theodore “Ted” R. Rogal was born in January 1924 in...

In 1940 Holloman had attempted to volunteer for the Canadian Air Force. He filled out the application and his father...

When Robert Ledford was stationed in Italy [Annotator's Note: with the 3rd Infantry Division] he was issued a Thompson...

The war did not change William C. Smith, Junior very much. He did not have a good education growing up. He had to teach...

They were able to keep their sanity because they knew the war was going well for them. Once the front line was going...

Arthur A. Smith was born in August 1924. The war started when he was 17. He had a good idea of what his future would be...

Military training was easy for Clarke Langrall, having been a company leader in the cadet corps when he was in high...

Freddie Ohr’s friend Leon asked him to go with him into the Air Corps. Ohr walked into a storefront that had been...

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