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William F. Bielec was born in March 1917 [Annotator's Note: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was born into a Polish-...

Robert Villars was assigned to the SS Grant Wood which was built in Jacksonville, Florida. After the shakedown cruise,...

For about 60 years, John Campbell never said or did anything Merchant Marine. He just put it aside. He thinks it is why...

Robert J. Hutchings was assigned as a stenographer under the command of General Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General...

Upon arrival in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in June 1945, Jacob Velfling, Jr. and the rest of his...

Melvin Linkous and the 2nd Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Linkous was a member of Cannon Company, 38th Infantry...

Roland M. Lee encountered flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] on most of his missions [Annotator's...

Frank Fontana and the 500 men in his outfit reached Paris one week after it was liberated. They went to Le Bourget...

Catherine Long had boot training in the Navy. Her parents had no objection to her joining the service. Her father was...

[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] At the end of World War 2, Hall...

Instead of taking Victor Fienup [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group,...

Mark Rubin says his father Karl was one of the smartest people he's ever known. In 1942, Karl was 31 and in business...

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