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Henry Ahola describes the military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland, which took place in the first six months of World War II.
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Henry Ahola describes the point system that enabled soldiers to return to the United States after the war.
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Henry Ahola describes his first meal upon arriving in the United States via San Francisco after the war.
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Henry Ahola describes how rationing, or the controlled distribution of goods, affected nearly every aspect of daily life during World War II.
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Henry Ahola describes his reaction to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Henry Ahola describes how he started working for the Lockheed corporation during the Korean War.
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Henry Ahola describes how his military training on radio systems took him to bases in North Carolina, Georgia, and Illinois.
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Henry Ahola recounts how even before he was briefly stationed in Georgia during World War II, he had visited his uncle's home in the southeast region of the state.
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Henry Ahola describes his work maintaining the telephone system in the island of Guam during World War II.
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Henry Ahola describes how he and his high school classmates enlisted in the military in 1943.
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Henry Ahola describes how accomodations fro soldiers evolved while he was stationed on the island of Guam.
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Henry Ahola describes entertainment available through the USO, or United States Organizations, on the island of Guuam during World War II.
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Henry Ahola describes the qualifications necessary for acceptance into the Army Air Corps (later the Air Force) during World War II.
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Henry Ahola describes how his parents immigrated to the United States from Finland after World War I.
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