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Robert Leroy Shirkey was born in Vliets, Kansas in April 1924. He grew up on a farm with eight brothers and sisters....

After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....

Nicholas J. Zuras headed back out to sea [Annotator's Note: after firing all of the rockets on his rocket boat at Omaha...

Richard "Dick" Willhour had no transition problems returning to civilian life. He attended college on the G.I. Bill and...

Harold Bergbower stayed in the Air Force full time after World War 2. He went to Chanute Field in Illinois and took...

During the voyage overseas, Morris Eugene Day helped treat the men who got seasick. He was able to eat the Navy food,...

Robert Marich was born in January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 16, his family moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. A...

Samuel Lombardo had 100 people working for him in the effort to get the palace and courtroom ready [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] The Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory...

Vernon Schmidt was born in Reedley [Annotator's Note: Reedley, California] in January 1926. His father worked on a farm...

On the day American forces arrived [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...

Bud Olson volunteered for overseas duty in October 1943. Sent to a replacement depot in England, Olson volunteered for...

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