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Japan

Samuel C. Cravens

Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 › 3:12pm | 1 comment

Samuel C. Cravens joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 and flew dozens of combat missions over the South Pacific during WWII. His wife, Betty P. Cravens, wrote in with his story.

Rosemary Casey Winter

Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 › 11:41am

Rosemary Casey Winter, an Army nurse in training during World War II, read these entries and wrote in to express her thanks for 'the excellent, truthful, realistic portrayal ...

Warren Jack O'Brien

Monday, Aug. 13, 2007 › 3:43pm | 11 comments

Enlisting in the Marine Corps when he was only seventeen, native Coloradan Warren Jack O'Brien saw much action in the Second Marine Division. He took part in several dangerous ...

Staff Sergeant Harry E. Schack

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 › 3:22pm

Inducted into the army at the age of 19, Staff Sergeant Schack saw action in the Pacific, battling the Japanese and even malaria. He was training for an invasion of Japan ...

Marvin Lederman

Friday, July 27, 2007 › 1:32pm | 8 comments

A native Coloradan, Marvin Lederman entered naval service at the age of eighteen. Stationed in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Wilson, his destroyer fought off kamikaze attacks ...

Emil Gimeno

Friday, July 27, 2007 › 8:56am | 1 comment

Gimeno shares stories about joining the Navy, serving aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown, meeting journalist Ernie Pyle, shooting down kamikazes and more.

Honorable Rt. Judge Roger Cisneros

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 › 1:18pm

The Honorable Rt. Judge Roger Cisneros and former Colorado State Senator is a WWII vet. He served with the Army Air Corps from 1943-1946 with the 333rd Bomb Group. Though ...