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Goodwin, Kenneth Writing His Unit's History
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: while serving with the I&R Platoon, Headquarters Company, 185th Infan
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Gordon, Fred Constant Combat
Fred Gordon recalls being under constant enemy fire for weeks.
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Gordon, Fred Early Life, College, and Military Training
Fred Gordon was born in 1918 in Emerson, Nebraska. He was one of nine children and his father was a teacher during the Great Depression.
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Gordon, Fred Overseas Deployment, Moving Through France, and Combat in Luxembourg
Fred Gordon and the whole 9th Armored Division was shipped overseas on the Queen Mary to Fort Larkin, England.
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Gordon, Fred Postwar Life and Reflections of World War 2
Fred Gordon was enjoying life after the war. He was in Czechoslovakia waiting to be sent home.
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Gordon, Fred Relfections
Fred Gordon's most memorable experience about World War 2 was being part of the division that captured Remagen Bridge crossing over the Rhine
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Gordon, Fred Two Close Calls and War’s End
Fred Gordon remembers two near death experiences during his combat [Annotator's Note: Gordon was an officer in Battery C, 3rd Armored Field Ar
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Gorman, Robert Arrival in Normandy
Robert Gorman left England by transiting through Wales.
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Gorman, Robert Battle of the Bulge
Prior to the Battle of Bulge, Robert Gorman saw the American infantrymen passing the 557th [Annotator's Note: 557th Field Artillery Battalion]
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Gorman, Robert Becoming a Soldier
Robert Gorman was inducted [Annotator's Note: into the Army] at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was then sent to Camp Gruber, Oklahoma.
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Gorman, Robert Belgium and the Battle of the Bulge
Robert Gorman arrived in Belgium after transfer from the Brest peninsula. The time frame was approximately October or November 1944.
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Gorman, Robert Crossing the Rhine River and German Civilians
In March 1945, Robert Gorman learned that he was a father. He received a telegram giving him the news. Everyone in his unit was excited.