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Materials include history and intervew transcript with Ronald Hansen reagarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He shares some of the close calls he had while in the war. Hansen also includes experiences of working in the Air Force after the war as a scientist working on acoustics and being able to test some of the potential astronats. Dated June 5, 2000.

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Materials include an interview transcript and photographs of Otis Lamar Hamilton regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He discusses being assigned to the U.S.S. Balch as a radar man. Dated 1943-1945 and approximately 2005.

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Materials include written memoir and photographs regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Tells that did many interrogations and helped to secure camps. He shares some experiences that he had with his unit where he was protected by the Spirit. He papers also include photocopied photographs with captions. Dated approximately 1943-1945, approximately 2003.

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Materials include an interview transcript and photographs of James Pat Madden regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. He discusses serving with the 1635th Engineer Construction Battalion which was stationed in the Pacific. He shared his experience with a typhoon and how they took care of the muddy streets with crushed coral. Dated December 10, 2006.

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Materials include written timeline regarding Robert Martin's service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Describes travels and combat experience in Europe, including spending three months as part of the occupation force in Germany after the war ended. Dated September 2, 2000.

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Materials include memoir and photographs relating to Alfred Beeler's service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Describes his participation in the landing of Omaha Beach. Also included is a photo of Beeler in his uniform. Dated approximately 1944, approximately 1980- 1990.

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Materials contain an interview transcript with Lamar Barney regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the end of World War II as a member of the 5th and 7th Air Forces. He discusses being stationed in Hawaii and Japan as part of the occupation force. He explains how when in Hawaii, debris would wash up in the beach from the Pearl Harbor battle. Dated May 7, 2004.

Scope and Contents Contain biographical and autobiographical sketches about Charles Goodliffe's service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Describes his work as a clerk in the quartermaster's office in the Philippines, and subsequent capture during the Japanese invasion. He describes the conditions of the prisoner of war camp and his transfer by ship to Japan, where he worked in a mine. He also describes his rescue at the end of the war and being nursed back to health before his return to the...

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Materials include 440 page bound book detailing the life and service of Mary Louise Gessel in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (W.A.V.E.S.) as a Yoeman 1st Class and a member of the general's staff during World War II. Dated 1997.

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Materials include account of Gerald Ockay Hoffman detailing his service as a cook in the U.S. Nacy during World War II. Also included are poems written by Gerald Ockay Hoffman during his service. Dated approximately 1945.