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Daniel Altman returned to the United States and lived in Newark, New Jersey with his wife and in- laws. He was greeted...

Bernard Knese found out he was going into the Army Air Force when he went to basic training. Basic training lasted two...

M. Edward Melton went to Europe where his unit [Annotator’s Note: 42nd Infantry Division] was committed by Eisenhower [...

Odell Wallace Vaughn was born in December 1921 in Greenville, South Carolina and grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina...

Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. flew a mission where there were heavy guns on the Cherbourg Peninsula [Annotator's Note:...

After boot camp, Norman Elliott was assigned to a newly-commissioned ship, the USS Pasadena (CL-65). From the Boston...

Thomas Paris learned about events by radio. He would write letters home. They had C-47s [Annotator’s Note: The Douglas...

Robert H. "Bob" Harris returned to the United States sometime in September or October 1944. While overseas, he knew...

Herbert Fontenot did not look back after leaving the Navy. He enjoyed his wartime experience and his career afterward....

Joseph Richard feels that the war means more now to the younger generation than it did after he left it. He meets kids...

Lee Roy Dugas was sent to San Diego for his Navy basic training. It was his first trip out of Louisiana, having never...

As a radar man, Ogden Saik was trained to destroy his equipment in the presence of an officer in the event of the ship'...

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