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Allen Ray Sibley almost stayed in the Army. He liked being a soldier. He is glad he did not stay in because he would...
Vernon Leo Tyler occupied Stuttgart [Annotator's Note: Stuttgart, Germany] for several months before he came home. He...
Fred Arthur Balfour was told to find his own way on board [Annotator's Note: after the war ended and arriving at his...
Kenneth H. Bailey fought in World War 2 without hesitation. You had to go over. Conscientious objector was not in his...
Bill Norberg took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944...
Robert Martin got married in 1950. He bought his first house on the GI Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Ivan Bodis-Wollner how he would say World War 2 affected his life.] For Ivan...
World War 2 was when women entered the workforce in great numbers. Many women went back to the home after their...
John Stanley Lee Swarts' most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his crew did not return from a mission. He...
Almost all military men drank [Annotator's Note: alcoholic beverages] as they were young. Harold Stanford Cole saw a...
Claude Bufford Shaw was in the Navy from July 1938 until his discharge in 1972, when he retired at the rank of Captain...
Warren William "Bill" Allen, Junior's most memorable experience of World War 2 is meeting different people. Many of the...
In all of his flying, Bryce Jordan was generally some type of instructor pilot. When he started his university training...
Bill Schwartz's most memorable experience of World War 2 is D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...
Kaare Allan Johnson's most memorable experience of the war is his jeep accident and the death of his friend. Also, he...
Andrew Leblanc never had trouble. He kept his nose clean. He always did what he had to do, and he was a good soldier....
James Pringle is proud to have been one of the first Civil Rights pioneers [Annotator's Note: by being a Montford Point...
Anna McCalla Noren's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the trip across the Pacific and having to sit in...
Garland Bath can only say the government spent a lot on him, he learned a lot of stuff, and spent a lot of time at sea...
Richard H. Kerr's most memorable experience is when a kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also...
After the war, Robert S. Gibbs told his boss he was getting married, and he asked for a raise. His pay went up to 200...
John Kelley's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he took part in liberating the Los Baños Prison Camp [...
Calvin Blank and the hospital staff [Annotator's Note: at Mason General Hospital in Long Island, New York] had to make...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Leslie V. Freeman how it felt to be part of a liberating force.] He felt very...
Byron Herbert Meader's most memorable experience of World War 2 was meeting up with the Russians and observing how they...
The war affected Edwin Slomka's ability to do physical things because of his leg injury. He does not think he has...
Kenneth Beard's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being a switchboard operator. He chose to serve because he...
Wesley John Dochick went back to work in a machine shop after the war, making aircraft parts. Then he worked for Conrad...
Vernon Grimes has lost two wives since the war, but never cried over them, despite loving them dearly. He believes his...
Robert Joseph Blatnik's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he captured three soldiers in Liege [...
It is important to study World War 2. Being a nurse in the Army is a nice thing to do for Emiline Ann Bourgeois [...
Sydney Levit's most memorable experience of World War 2 were the men that he was serving with and their close...
Jacob Velfling, Jr.'s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was at a farm behind enemy lines. He met two...
Willard Haul "Jack" Coop's most memorable experience of World War 2 was VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day...
Michael J. Pohorilla's ball turret gunner, Herb Baudier [Annotator's Note: Herbert L. Baudier], was a Flamin' Cajun [...
Edward Dunne's most memorable experience of the war is seeing dead people. It is bad, especially when it is a lot of...

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