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Joseph Townsend was born in April 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up in Shreveport. He had two brothers and two...

The uniform pants Walter Barnes wore were baggy and the jackets hung out. The uniform was made of a canvas type...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

The men got up before daylight and took their mess kits and lined up for some soup. Then they immediately lined up in...

After George Griffenhagen's unit [Annotator's Note: Griffenhagen arrived in England as a member of Company E, 20th...

Edward LaPorta was not able to locate other members of the 1st Armored Division. He was captured by Rommel’s [...

Harley Reynolds remembers the air filling with bullets. About 20 or 30 yards in, Reynolds made it to an obstacle called...

John Rogers' unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] was...

As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...

Yellin recalls strafing runs on Chici-jima which was about a hundred or so miles from Iwo Jima. Yellin strafed the...

Rankin had made "Ace in a Day." [Annotator's Note: a term used to describe a fighter pilot scoring five or more...

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