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Thompson, Thomas Postwar Political Life
Thomas D. Thompson met a girl in Florida before he left the country.
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Thompson, Thomas Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor
Thomas D. Thompson was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in August 1925. There were ten children in his family, and he was number nine.
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Thompson, Thomas Southern France to the Pacific
During the invasion of Southern France [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944], Thomas D.
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Thompson, Thomas The Philippines and Filipinos
Thomas D.
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Thompson, Thomas The War Ends
Thomas D.
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Thompson, Willie Being Drafted and Navy Training
Willie Wesley Thompson was drafted into the Navy in 1941 or 1942 and became part of the 14th Special Seabee unit [Annotator's Note: 14th Speci
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Thompson, Willie Deployment, Ranks, and Race
When Willie Wesley Thompson volunteered for the service, the Navy told him he did not have to go because he had bad teeth, but Thompson wanted to j
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Thompson, Willie Early Life and Family
Willie Wesley Thompson was born in April 1918 in Modeste, Louisiana.
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Thompson, Willie Family and Education
Willie Wesley Thompson's grandmother, who had been a slave, remembered when she was seven years old the Emancipation Proclamation was signed,
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Thompson, Willie Living and Working on a Barge as a Seabee
Willie Wesley Thompson recalled a time when the ship his company was on was being bombed and he was holding on for dear life, hoping the next bomb
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Thompson, Willie Recognition and Reflection
Willie Wesley Thompson was presented with an American flag [Annotator's Note: The interviewee holds a flag in his hands] that flew over the Un
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Thompson, Willie Saving Two Lives and Being Decorated
Willie Wesley Thompson was trained on weapons and they considered making him a sharpshooter.