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John Laborde traveled by train from Fort Benning, Georgia to Fort Ord in Monterey, California via New Orleans,...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a buzzing in the background throughout this clip.] People began to leave Danzig [Annotator’...

Walter Groth was discharged in Texas. He turned in everything. The war was over. The war had ended when they got out....

Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk discusses a series of events that led to his crew being assigned to North Africa. The initial...

George Hamilton was born in April 1922 in West Monroe, Louisiana. Hamilton lived in five states before he was six years...

Louise Post Ritter recalls the celebrations of VE Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] and VJ Day...

William O’Brien was on duty in the Philippines. They kept their equipment ready. The ammunition was ready to go on the...

Among the few childhood memories Rena Greenup has of her life in Athens was food rationing. Supplies were meager and of...

Guy Stern had landed on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, three days after the invasion [Annotator's Note: 9 June 1944,...

After basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Ralph Osterhoudt Sr. was sent by train to Baltimore, Maryland and...

Elliot Goldstein was sent overseas to Hof, Germany for occupation duty in 1946 [Annotator’s Note: with the 94th...

When William Hussey graduated from high school he was too young to enter the Naval Academy, so he signed up for the...

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