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Norris Bucksell was in Italy during World War 2 as a litter-bearer in the 370th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry...
Isaac Edward was drafted into the Army in 1943. His uncle, Joseph Anthony, had gone before him. Boot camp in St. Louis...
Harry Carlson was accepted into Army Air Corps in June 1943. He had given thought to Naval aviation, but he went to the...
Frank Hartzell advanced through the ranks as squad and then platoon leader as casualties mounted during the Battle of...
Russell Mayeur left New Orleans for St. Petersburg, Florida to train for the Merchant Marine. He had no problem with...
William Greer had complications with his draft board registration. He moved several times and did not follow-up by...
John McConn was sent to Paris, Texas for basic training. That lasted about four months then he was sent to Kingsville,...
Arthur Staymates had a typical, hard training before he left the States but it was not too difficult for him. He...
Dominick Sgobbo remembered taking prisoners back to headquarters and having to prevent non-combatants from mistreating...
James Marks stopped in Cold Harbor, Alaska [Annotator's Note: Cold Bay, Alaska] after leaving San Diego, California [...
Anthony Varuso thought highly of the natives on the island of New Guinea. Even though their clothing was minimal, they...
The US Coast Guard started issuing seaman's IDs for all kinds of ships due to the shortage of eligible sailors. Ejnar...
Chafer Honea was in his senior year of high school and many people were being drafted. Students were allowed to...
Ben Skardon was born in July 1917 in St. Francisville, Louisiana, one of six children. His parents were from New...
Richard Swanson had two friends who had gone to the local military recruiting stations and liked what they heard about...
Ejnar Christiansen was born in September 1922 in Vordingborg, Denmark. He had one brother and three sisters in Kong,...
J. W. Childs was born in Cisco, Texas. From a young age, however, he and his little sister lived with their parents in...
Arthur Staymates thought General Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton] was a great...
When the war in Europe was winding down, Leo Praetorius was brought back to the United States on standby, pending...
Nathan Taffel and other Jews were forced by the Germans to build roads in Poland. At times, his life was threatened....
John McConn and his troopship went directly from the United States through Gibraltar and landed in Marseilles, France....
Although there was a Gestapo presence in their town, Alexander White's father felt it was safe for his family to return...
George Linker was sick with yellow jaundice while he was on the front. He was pulled back from the action [Annotator's...
Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...
Louis Smith recalled that he was inducted 26 February 1943, wounded on Iwo Jima 26 February 1945, and quit smoking...
Wim de Jonge worked in unsafe conditions in the coal mines of Japan. He was there for about a year. That was the...
Life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Dracos Burke was hot and demanding. He flew every day without breaks. He said the...
The ship Angelo Ciotta was on headed to Iwo Jima, Japan, had so many people on board it was bad for him. He got the top...
Troy Edwards and his unit [Annotator's Note: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 14 (CASU-14)] loaded their equipment on...
Joseph Orlando was assigned to duty in Nagasaki, Japan on 23 September 1945. The war had ended on 13 August. Back on...
James Moshovitis was sent to radio school in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He didn't like taking Morse code, and he fought the...
James Downing and a group of boot camp comrades signed up together for the USS West Virginia (BB-48). At six years old...
Ela Weissberger said she was saddened by the assassination of King Hussein [Annotator's Note: King Hussein bin Talal of...
Adolf Wesselhoeft asserts that World War 2 changed his life by making him aware of the difference between American and...
At Camp Pendleton, Company H [Annotator's Note: Company H, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment] was assigned to work...
Carroll Knutson was captured by the Germans after his bomber was shot down. He and other POWs had to survive in...

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