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Floyd Horne was born in Bowersville, Ohio in February 1922. He spent the first 18 years of life there until July 1940...

Bill Schwartz was born in June 1924 in North Plainfield, New Jersey. His family moved around, but he considers...

Wilson Shoughrue, Jr. was born Springfield, Massachusetts in September 1925. His parents separated when he was seven...

Edgar L. McKay boarded the Queen Elizabeth [Annotator's Note: RMS Queen Elizabeth], which travelled alone. The ship was...

Delbert Franklin Hackman was born on a farm near Havana, Illinois in September 1919. He grew up on a farm and worked...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

Richard Candelaria and his German guards were becoming friends. The guards gave him cognac. The guards put him in a van...

William Burrus became a technical sergeant when he returned to the United States after the war ended [Annotator's Note...

Basil C. Hoehn and his unit [Annotator’s Note: with the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion] set up in the woods outside of...

Michael Doi believes that the war did not change his personality. Doi was an athlete in high school. He was a pole...

Glen Jostad thought life at Stalag VI was much better than Stalag IV. [Annotator's Note: Jostad was initially held at...

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