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Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a Communications Sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...

Alfred A. Lingo was born in San, Jose, Costa Rica in March 1914. His father was a civilian engineer for United Fruit...

Adolfo V. Celaya was taken aboard the Basset [Annotator’s Note: USS Bassett (APD-73), which rescued 154 survivors of...

David Oreck was in Minneapolis, Minnesota when he heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He and many others had never...

After the attack on 7 December [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Cass...

Ruth Knutson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1921. She was an only child, but her mother and father had large...

Finally departing France after almost five months, James Armstrong describes getting underway on a boat from Douarnenez...

Alton Barnes spent about three months in Japan performing occupation duty following World War 2. His main function was...

Richard Guthrie’s father was an officer stationed at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack [Annotator's Note: The...

William McCool crossed the Rhine River. He and another soldier were sent forward as scouts. Hidden by grape vineyards,...

Trinidad Ledesma was drafted into the Army. He went to take his physical and two men in front of him got 4F [Annotator'...

Norman William Waldman was born in December 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a machine gunner in the...

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