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

Jean D. "JD" Johnson's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the time his submarine [Annotator's Note: the USS...

Helmi McHardy was born on a dairy farm in Austin, Michigan in February 1927. She is one of nine children. On the farm,...

Wim de Jonge could tell when he left Holland for the East Indies that war was looming. He was not concerned with...

Paul Pizzolongo was born in February 1923 in Bronx, New York. His father picked numbers for the bookies and his mom did...

Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

Perry Smith saw the Second World War as a turning point for the United States. No longer could the nation back out of...

Francis Hurd was born in Woodhall, New York to parents who were farmers. When he was 16 years old he was forced to quit...

Blanchard was born in Yonkers, New York. He moved around quite a bit as an employee of General Motors.He came from a...

Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

Dupuy remembers times being hard during the Depression. They always had food to eat, but there were certain things that...

Kenneth Killilea was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He grew up there for the most part. He also lived in Wellesley,...

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