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John Poole was born in Mercy, Texas in 1923. The Great Depression represented hard times for Poole. His father had a...

Theodore Vallas was one of the first pilots to be catapulted off an aircraft carrier. There was risk in the water ahead...

Robert E. Foster was a Captain at the end of the war after his company commander was shot and he took over. He became a...

Alan Moskin thought we [Annotator's Note: the United States] had gotten rid of all of it [Annotator's Note: the hatred...

The first time Jack Weiss returned to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]; an English ship was...

After World War 2, Charles R. Brown had a hard time adjusting to civilian life and opening about his combat experiences...

Lawrence Angst was very anxious to get back to school after the war. He got his degree on the G.I. Bill. He became a...

Robert Boeke [Annotator's Note: with the 341st Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Division] opened an enlisted men's club...

[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] In December 1944, Monroe "Tex" Combs [Annotator'...

John Gibbons is a big believer in the Boeing B-17. He saw a lot of planes that were damaged. Gibbons flew a plane named...

Leonard Spivey noted that there was a lot of commotion when they were burrowing through the tunnel. Some of the guys in...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Klenoski was a navigator on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in the 492nd...

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