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Alois Kopp was pleased that the two atomic bombs were dropped. They saved lives in the long run. Both Allied and...

Marvin Westcott was aboard the USS Balch (DD-363) while she performed escort duty for the aircraft USS Enterprise (CV-6...

Erwin Blonder was sent to a hospital in Illinois for his trench foot. He remembers another incident regarding his...

Kenneth Marshall was born in December 1926 in Grand Island, Nebraska, one of four siblings. His father, a hardworking...

James Deal was born in Woodleaf, North Carolina in November 1922. He was raised on a farm. There were 12 in the family...

Wallace G. Hurley was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1923. His mother and father divorced. His alcoholic father headed...

Mason Dorsey was born in July 1925 in Chester, South Carolina. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: The...

Thomas Wicker received orders to serve on an oilier, which he was not thrilled about. He graduated from Tulane...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

Herbert Weatherwax [Annotator's Note: Mr. Weatherwax's name is actually Clarence Herbert Weatherwax] was born in...

Frederick Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He grew up in the fields. His father was a college...

Oran Harris was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was returning from Sunday school when a man called out...

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