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  • Light, Carl Moving Across France

    Carl Light and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 61st Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division] started moving across France [An

  • Light, Carl Overseas to France

    Carl Light had not done much traveling before he went into the service. He adapted to military life really well and enjoyed it.

  • Light, Carl Prewar Life to Rifleman

    Carl Light was born in a small town in southern Missouri and was inducted at Fort Leonard Wood [Annotator's Note: Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski

  • Light, Carl Returning Home

    Carl Light returned home after the first of the new year [Annotator's Note: in 1946]. As an 18 year old, Light did not know a lot of things.

  • Light, Carl The War Ends

    Carl Light and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 61st Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division] captured Trier [Annotator's

  • Lightell, Harold Action in France

    When Harold Lightell arrived off the beaches of Normandy, alarms sounded on his ship. The 600 troops on the ship were told to go topside.

  • Lightell, Harold Assault into Germany

    Harold Lightell moved into Germany after progressing through France with the 79th Infantry Division.

  • Lightell, Harold Becoming a Soldier

    Harold Lightell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1923. Growing up was wonderful in New Orleans. He loved the parades and had a nice family.

  • Lightell, Harold Forward Observer

    Harold Lightell entered France right after the D-Day invasion with the 79th Infantry Division.

  • Lightell, Harold Postwar

    Harold Lightell served in Belgium after the war as part of the occupation force. The people were wonderful to the American soldiers.

  • Lightell, Harold Reflections

    Harold Lightell was changed by the war because of the onset of his PTSD [Annotator's Note: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder].

  • Liles, Robert Amoebic Dysentery and P-51s

    Robert Liles contracted amoebic dysentery in China and was sent to a hospital in India.

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