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Strunk, Chester Becoming an Airman
Chester Strunk was recruited and enlisted [Annotator's Note: in June 1942] but then told to return to college and await...
Burriss, Thomas Early Life
Saloom, Kaliste Early Life
Kaliste Joseph Saloom, Jr. was born in Lafayette, Louisiana on in May 1919. Prior to the war, Saloom attended college...
Callander, Sherwin Early Life and Enlistment
Sherwin Callander was born in June 1920, the first of three boys, in Vancouver, Canada, but grew up in Oakland,...
Reale, Albert Early Life and Enlistment
Albert Reale was born in March 1925 in New Britain, Connecticut. He had a good childhood among his three brothers in a...
Lombardo, Frank Early Life and Entry into the Military
Frank L. Lombardo was born in January 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended a boarding school in Covington,...
Popham, Donald Early Life and the Start of a Career
Donald Popham was born in Alvadore, Oregon. When he was three years old, his parents moved the family to Emmett, Idaho...
Johnston, Roy Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Roy Johnston was born in Emma, Louisiana and grew up in various settlements in the northwest of the state. His father...
White, Alexander From Poland to America and into the US Army
The journey to the American Zone took Alexander White through Czechoslovakia westward to a displaced persons camp where...
Gwin, Norris Postwar Life, Education and Career
Norris Gwin used the G.I. Bill for his education. He wanted to get his education and play football. He and a buddy rode...
Smith, Eben Prewar, Training and Overseas Deployment
Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California. He remembers his childhood as being unremarkable; his...
Snyder, Ray Reaction to Pearl Harbor and Enlistment
Ray Snyder's acceptance into Annapolis was delayed a year, and while waiting, he had begun classes at what is now the...
Knudson, Robert Reflections
Robert Knudson's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being part of the Seabees [Annotator's Note: members of...
Odom, James Reflections
James Odom remembered that most of the time he didn't know what the ship's [Annotator's Note: the USS Hyperion (AK-107...
Dyson, Freeman War Comes to Britain and John Maynard Keynes
Freeman Dyson was a British citizen when Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] overran the Low...
Trappey, Randolph Young Adulthood and Prospect of the Draft
During his high school years, Randolph Trappey excelled in his studies at the all-boy, highly disciplined private...