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Lauren Swinney went to Northwestern University. The nuns had taught her to type when she was in boarding school and...

When they left St. Lo, they were in dairy and farming country. The farms were laid out in squares and there were mounds...

When the ship he returned home aboard was approaching San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], James...

Wendell Galbraith landed in a yard that was like an apple orchard [Annotator's Note: after being shot down on 22 March...

Frank V. Tarkington joined the Indiana National Guard, but was kicked out because it came to light that he was too...

Dale LeBlanc was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and grew up like most every other American boy during the depression....

When Elizabeth Gibbens completed basic training, she was sent to Camp Shanks, New York. She found it exciting to get...

Joseph Lesniewski had no problems with his first jumps. He told his sister that when he made the jumps, he would take a...

They went aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth in New York. The ship was full. Some of the men had been waiting aboard for a...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

Robert Liles was born in 1920 in Webb City, Missouri and grew up in Jefferson City. When the depression began, his...

[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] An average day of training for Seymour...

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