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That was the end of combat for Harold DeForest. After DeForest got out of the hospital he was supposed to go back to...

On 27 October 1942, Howard Chandler was on his way to work when he observed more soldiers in town than usual. [...

Luna Kaufman and the concentration camp survivors stayed in place for a few days but the Russians were coming and...

Audrey Maduell found it sad to be at the train station where the families were watching their loved ones going off to...

Jack Leaming [Annotator's Note: with Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] went to Honolulu [...

Lee Roy Dugas was sent to San Diego for his Navy basic training. It was his first trip out of Louisiana, having never...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner walked out of Austria in August 1938 and made it by train to Geneva, Switzerland.]...

William Lutz was on Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, Philippines]. He was in the hospital when he heard about the bombs...

During the war, rationing was a way of life in England, according to Constance Cresswell. Each person was allotted two...

Frances Tunnell Carter would hear about the progress of the war on her aunt and uncle's radio. She remembers a radio...

Zeno St. Cyr reflects on his 92 years of life and takes stock of surviving World War 2 without physical injury. His...

Emmett Kaylor was only about 500 yards away from the Japanese. They were so hungry that they ate despite the smells....

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