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Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

David T. Morgenthaler was born in August 1919 in Chester, South Carolina. His parents divorced when he was young, and...

Bell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 15th, 1918. Before the war, Bell had a business manufacturing...

Philip Whitman flew a mission to Blechhammer, Germany and they hit bad weather. They got into the clear and a pilot...

William Kracov's most memorable experiences of World War 2 relate to being awarded two Bronze Stars [Annotator's Note:...

Henry Heim remembers flying from North Africa into Italy was more difficult. He thinks that might be because he did not...

Lawrence Angst remembers one close call very well. He was in basic training with another man. They were both first in...

John Steven Getway [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division...

Joseph Pilcher was born in March 1925 and at the age of 17, the Army Air Corps allowed him to test for cadet training....

Marvin H. Gohlke went through extremely traumatic experiences. When looking back at his experiences, it has a mental...

Donald G. Watson meets with other veterans once a month and they often exchange war stories. After the war, Watson...

Virgil Clayton Moen was trained in gliders in the Army Air Corps. Many guys died in glider crashes because they were...

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