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Elmer Spraker was born in April 1927 in Malden, Massachusetts, the second of two children. After his mother died...

The next morning Alex Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...

The USS New Orleans [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS New Orleans, CA32] was a sister ship to the San...

For Robert Fitz, it was an honor to serve three years in combat areas, and is grateful that he lived through it. He...

Paul Lawrence did not know how many people were on the base where he was stationed [Annotator's Note: at Milne Bay, New...

Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...

Harold Ronson experienced one of the most anti-Semitic incidents in his life going into Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note:...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] was changed by the war. It was an excellent experience. He...

Harold Joslin and his fellow prisoners of war tried to keep their humor up. There was a Japanese guard who marched them...

As a veteran, Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior is often thanked for his service. It surprises him. During World War 2, the...

Austin H. Kiplinger and his unit [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 66 (VC-66) flying from USS Nassau (CVE-16)] went...

After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...

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