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Mrs. P.A. "Tippy" Foster was born in December 1920 in Kaufman, Texas. She grew up in East Texas as one of seven...

In boot camp, George Vincent Ross was initially treated as a low-life by the DI [Annotator's Note: drill instructor]....

As Sidney "Sid" Birns and his unit [Annotator's Note: 3112th Signal Service Battalion] travelled east, they had hopes...

Victor K. Carman wanted to become an electronics engineer. While he was at the Great Lakes Naval Base [Annotator's Note...

Blanche Gangwere went to Bad Neuenahr, Germany on the Danube River near Cologne. She always wanted to make it to Bonn...

Ed Weber used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was enacted by...

Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] was on Iwo Jima, Japan [Annotator's Note:...

Francis Higgins recalls the story of how Philippine mahogany wood was secured to build the PT boats. He [Annotator's...

Roy Stewart went by train to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California after enlisting in the US Marine Corps...

C. Charles Collie remembers the typhoon of 18 and 19 December 1944 as being his most memorable experience in World War...

Richard O'Hara was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1925 and lived there until he was about 15. He considers...

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