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Norris Morvant was born in February 1924 in Thibodaux, Louisiana and grew up on plantations in nearby L’Abadieville and...

Norman Gustaf Benson's family was Swedish. His father was born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States at an...

Peter Hirschmann was sent to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, New Jersey]...

[Annotator's Note: Recording begins mid conversation between Hugh Colbert and the interviewer.] Hugh Colbert joined the...

William McCool was adversely affected by his experiences in the Ohrdruf concentration camp. It took eight years after...

Enrique Cervantes was born in Fresno, California in October 1923. He grew up in severe poverty and experienced bigotry...

Harley Reynolds went through the town of Troina but did not fight there. Company F ran into most of the resistance...

In 1944, after bailing out of his damaged aircraft, Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a bombardier with the 407th...

During the mission of 10 January [Annotator's Note: 10 January 1945], Walter Bala's plane was returning to base when it...

Gerhard Franzky's home in Leipzig was occupied by the Russians. Having already been to Russia once before, Franzky had...

Rankin had his own plush Gooney Bird [Annotator's Note: nickname for Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" transport aircraft] in...

In October 1943, William F. Bielec was assigned to go overseas to Europe. On his way over, his convoy was attacked by...

Oral History