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Fulton "Jack" Taylor was born in 1925 in Corbin, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: cannot verify town name]. The family...

Donald Stratton is from Red Cloud, Nebraska. His family was farmers early on in their lives. Stratton had one sister...

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits was born in Neenah, Wisconsin in December 1923. He grew up with three brothers. Babbits'...

Harold Buell flew his first combat mission at Midway on anti-submarine reconnaissance. He had only one prior experience...

The Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)] had torpedo problems on most of her runs. Billy Grieves kept an...

While working on a road, Ben Steele would see men covered with mosquitos. They did not have mosquito nets to sleep with...

Sometimes it is hard to remember and sometimes it is good to forget some of the things that happened in those days....

Harold “Hal” Leith was given a good rank [Annotator’s Note: in March, 1946, as an employee of the SSU, or Strategic...

Jack Skaggs realized that he had been on a long journey in his life. That journey has brought him pride and enjoyment....

In November 1944, Jack H. Bleuler was serving with the 822nd Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group, 5th Air...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...

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