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Glasgow served as staff sergeant and supply sergeant for the Army in the South Pacific. They were slated to go to the southernmost island of Japan, but the dropping of the atomic bombs prevented that and they were routed to Saipan instead.

Geisinger served in the European theater, specifically Holland, Germany, and Austria in the Army. He was a mortarman in a weapons platoon. He got sick that winter and postponed going to sick call, but when he did, he realized it saved his life in…

Galbraith served in the Navy in the South Pacific at the very end of WWII as a storekeeper aboard ship. He sustained a bad non-combat head wound while performing his job and suffered headaches most of his adult life as a result. They were six days…

Edwards was a Navy aviation electrician and served in the South Pacific. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan spared him from having to take part in active combat. He replaced generators on seaplanes and worked on machine gun turrets.

Brostad was stationed in Oran, North Africa for two years as Army base ordnance and was lucky to live within the officers' club. From there, he was posted to Gray, France for another two years. When Germany surrendered, Brostad thought he might get…

After he finished basic training in the Navy, Brashears attended torpedo school. He repaired seaplanes in the Mediterranean Sea near Africa. Before that, while being transported by sea, their ship picked up enemy survivors.

Brashears had worked at Look magazine before she entered military service, so she spent her time working in an office. She met her husband, Leroy (also interviewed), while she was on duty in the library. She says that for years neither she nor Leroy…

Biehler is the only Korean War veteran interviewed. He was an MP working in the motor pool by a happy accident. On the way to Korea, he was able to sit in the co-pilot's seat. He experienced a fast train in Japan, where they did some training.

Barr was drafted into the infantry and was sent to Japan where he saw a lot of devastation near one of the sites where the atomic bomb was dropped. To him, the country smelled like onions. He did reconnaisance but said there was little to see or do…

Adams served as an engineer in the Army. After training in Texas, they went to England to learn bridge building and explosives. He entered France 30 days after D-Day, and they experienced gunfire.
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