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The twenty-first and the twenty-second missions stick out in James Siracuse's mind. On the twenty-first mission,...

Joseph Diamond was under mortar attack when he was wounded. A mortar shell exploded about 20 yards away and he felt a...

Alois Kopp escaped from a sinking Hell Ship and swam to the beach on Burma only to be recaptured by the Japanese. The...

Joseph Brannan was stationed in Southern France after being based in Italy. In France, liberty was more available than...

On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany and taken prisoner. On 4 April 1945,...

Norman Ikari believes that it is important that kids learn about World War 2 and American history. This history is long...

The 3rd Infantry Division assimilated all of its regiments into the 3rd Division's headquarters at Fort Lewis,...

Robert Boeke was born in August 1925 in Pasadena, California. Pasadena was a great place with nice people. The weather...

Joseph Taliancich went right back to working for Higgins Industries [Annotator’s Note: a manufacturer of naval vessels...

Bernard Friedenberg had his basic training at Fort Hancock. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he was working with his...

Norman Gustaf Benson used the G.I. Bill after the war to attend the University of Maine [Annotator's Note: in Orono,...

Allen Porter's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he almost was killed by a landmine [Annotator's Note:...

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