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Greatest Generation
WWII Veteran Rish recalls 95 days in Pacific foxhole
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Last Updated: 12:09 AM 03/08/10 - World War II veteran Leon Rish lost about 100 pounds while fighting in the Pacific Theater with the Army.
Ethan Fowler, education writer (Full Story)
‘Kilroy’ was inspiration in WWII
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Last Updated: 12:15 AM 02/15/10 - The familiar graffiti “Kilroy was here” is engraved on the National World War II monument in Washington, D.C.
Ricki Barker, staff writer (Full Story)
Nazi hunter recalls life overseas during WWII
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Last Updated: 11:54 PM 02/07/10 - William Payne was serving overseas when Pearl Harbor was bombed.
J.D. Sumner, government writer (Full Story)
Veteran shares his heroic experiences
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Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - Rowena’s Charles Davis earned a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts while serving in all five major European battles of World War II.
- Ethan Fowler, education writer (Full Story)
Albany WWII veteran’s luck could be atomic
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Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - World War II pilot Edgar Ross Gatlin Jr. counts himself lucky to have escaped the carnage of war.
- Pete Skiba, staff writer
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Female Marine finds reward in service
Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - Barbara Harris says that serving as a woman officer in the Marine Corps during World War II was tough at times, but rewarding.
- Ricki Barker, staff writer (Full Story)
Albany man looks back on time in German prison camp
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Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - Charles McGee recalls being shot down in Hungary during an Air Corps mission in World War II.
Cathy Higgins, features writer (Full Story)
Holman completed 30 bombing runs during WWII
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Last Updated: 6:04 PM 01/25/10 - An Albany Air Corps pilot’s World War II service included being shot down during the Battle of the Bulge.
- Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)
Veteran recalls service in the jungles of Asia
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Last Updated: 4:46 PM 01/25/10 - Cliff Mounts served in the 33rd Infantry Division during World War II.
- Jennifer Maddox Parks, staff writer (Full Story)
Lack of combat service impacts WWII veteran
Last Updated: 4:46 PM 01/25/10 - Joe Weintraub trained with the U.S. Naval Reserve in World War II. (Full Story)
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