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Samuel W. Smith wanted to join the Air Corps as an aviation cadet. In 1942, Smith convinced his mother to sign his...

Eugene T. Leavy talks about problems with the Russians in Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany] while he was a...

James Jeter owns an apartment complex that serves military personnel. He has about two thirds of his 40 units used by...

Arthur Seltzer and his unit [Annotator’s Note: Seltzer served in the 4th Signal Battalion and was attached to the 20th...

Filming Combat

Vernon Alexander went through the Vosges Mountains experiencing the snow and cold. He was freezing to death. Alexander...

Robert Swan joined the Navy to avoid the draft. He was flying in Missoula where was going to school. He only had a year...

[Annotator's Note: Harold DeForest served in the Army as a gunner on a 60mm mortar in Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th...

[Annotator's Note: All of the locations listed in this clip are in the Philippines.] Robert Prince remembers New Year's...

Theodore Vallas was happy to know that his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-7)] was going into battle and that he...

Lorenzo Dow Crews was born in April 1924 in Memphis [Annotator's Note: Memphis, Tennessee]. His father worked as a...

The next day, John Mock was flown to Rheims, France in a C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft]...

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