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James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...

Russell Schuman was born in 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up with an older brother, who later worked an...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS Potomac (AG-25) in Washington D.C. while he served with the Navy. He was visiting...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

James W. Metcalf was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1924. When he was still an infant, Metcalf’s father moved the...

A.C. Thomas remembers they came out of their pup tent [Annotator's Note: small sleep tents often shared by two soldiers...

William Meyer was born in Memphis, Tennessee in July 1926 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He had two younger brothers....

Richard Tangradi was born in June 1924 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He grew up there...

Joel Urice moved to Taft, Texas during his junior year of high school in 1940. It was a different culture of people. He...

Peggy Hitchcock was born in June 1933. Her parents were happy. She enjoyed school. They would walk across the beach....

William Banghart was born in May 1919 in Bucksport, Maine. His father worked in the Boston [Annotator’s Note: Boston,...

On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], John Edward...

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