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Kelly Kuwayama was away from his unit for about three weeks before he had to rejoin them. The 44nd was sent back to...

Norman Gustaf Benson's family was Swedish. His father was born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States at an...

Shirley Guidry was sent to Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, after enlisting in the Army],...

After induction into the Army, Norris Waddill went to Camp Crowder, Missouri for his basic training. Basic training was...

Gilbert Clift was born in October 1924, the youngest of three brothers, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. As an infant, Clift'...

Burt Richard Sadler turned 15 years old in 1940. Not long after, he started experiencing German bombing raids. Sadler...

Charles Moore went to Bottesford which was 18 miles from Nottingham. [Annotator’s Note: Moore and the 440th Troop...

In October [Annotator’s Note: of 1942], Harley Harned turned 18. Not long after, his friends made the decision to sign...

[Annotator's Note: Henry Armstrong reenlisted in the Army after returning home from Europe.] Armstrong was assigned to...

[Annotator’s Note: Voices can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] Daniel Altman and his unit [Annotator...

Carl Payne heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941]...

Herman Yates unloaded and went through Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lô, France] and headed down toward Paris [...

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