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There were just a few Americans assigned to Samuel Spector's OSS Detachment 101 outfit. Some came and went, but there...

The Battle of the Driniumor River lasted for 45 days. William Garbo was attached to a regiment of the Army's Dixie...

Clayton Fisher planned to join the Army Air Corps until a friend of his joined the Navy as an aviator. Fisher applied...

Jack Yusen ran into Bud Comet one day in Seattle. The Navy was launching the USS Copeland (FFG-25). Comet found Yusen...

Charles Wesley Borders was home when the Japanese surrendered. He celebrated for a week. Borders fell in love with...

For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

Richard "Dick" Schneider had somewhat of a difficult time adjusting to civilian life upon his return to the United...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Wolf was gearing up to go to Japan after returning from combat in Europe.] All he knew was...

Harlan Twible returned to the United States in November [Annotator's Note: Novemebr 1945]. He remained in the service...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Elfriede Clausen what she thought about the Berlin Wall, a concrete barrier...

After nine months at Camp Gruber, Robert Gorman and the 557th Field Artillery Battalion went to Louisiana for maneuvers...

Gilbert S. Shawn was born in 1921 in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He grew up in Manhattan [...

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