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The next night, the 1st Special Forces [Annotator's Note: 1st Special Service Force, 5th Army; often referred to as "...

Thomas Francis Schicker was told he was ready to go overseas. At Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps...

The only time Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr.'s base was attacked was when a group of German fighters followed Holmes' bomb...

George Vincent Ross was born in September 1926 in Albany, New York. He grew up there. He had one brother, Edward, and...

When he completed basic training [Annotator's Note: at Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois], Sidney "Sid" Birns was sent...

Victor K. Carman got to Japan on 1 August 1945. The bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

Blanche Gangwere received a leave to go to Paris. She did not have to wear her uniform during that time. She wore...

When Ed Weber first got overseas, the war was not going well. In August 1942 when the Marines took Guadalcanal [...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] stopped in Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...

Francis Higgins worked at Higgins Industries on St. Charles Avenue with his uncle [Annotator's Note: his uncle was...

The South [Annotator's Note: the Southern states in the United States] was poor and the Northern states were better off...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer explaining to Roy Stewart how the interview process works...

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