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Joseph Mittelsdorf was assigned to the 5th Marine Division. He was in the rear echelon for the Battle of Iwo Jima [...

Dora Langsam was assigned to a ghetto in her town [Annotator's Note: name uncertain but it was near Łódź, Poland] and...

Helen Anderson Glass was stationed in Florida at Opa-locka [Annotator's Note: part of Naval Air Station Miami]. She...

Mary Edwards began working for the Army at Higgins Industries when she was 16 years old. She had finished high school...

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

On the 17th of June [Annotator's Note: 17 June 1945 on Okinawa] they moved back off of Kunishi Ridge. A colonel was...

Inouye helped liberate a village as well. One of the churches in the village had a high steeple. He asked the priest if...

World War 2 was when women entered the workforce in great numbers. Many women went back to the home after their...

Shirley Chase Kruse had many memorable experiences of World War 2. She decided to serve because she wanted a challenge...

Christa Schneider was born in April 1940 in Breslau, Silesia, the younger of the two daughters in her family. Her...

Z. Anthony Kruszewski was helping dig soil to plant tomatoes and potatoes. They were young boys. Kruszewski did not...

When David Yoho went through boot camp, it was great except for his troubled background. He kept getting into trouble...

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