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Winnecken Gerhard joined the German Army in October 1942. His camp was at Verdun near Metz. Verdun was a walled city...

John W. Towle was shot down on 28 February 1944 over Normandy. The news of the war was scarce in occupied France so...

For Ryan O'Brien, going into combat was like going to play a football game. The flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft...

John Howland became part of the Pathfinder force of the Eighth Air Force. They were accumulated in small squadrons...

Earl Forstall was shipped overseas from Miami [Annotator's Note: Miami, Florida]. They went to Trinidad [Annotator's...

Philemon Andrews Saint Amant [Annotator's Note: a member of the OSS, Office of Strategic Services; pre-runner to today'...

[Annotator's Note: Robert L. Williams served in the Army as a paratrooper in Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th...

Martin J. Anschau enlisted in July [Annotator’s Note: July 1943]. He was sworn in in June 1943. He got used to boot...

After the war, Harry Bell kept up with several guys he served with but those contacts slowly faded away except for his...

Melvin Dahlberg finds it hard to point to one experience from the war that is the most memorable. The blast that...

James Craig was born in August 1918 in Tennessee. His father worked for the Beaver Brothers. He did a lot of hauling...

As the Germans were pushed farther into Germany, they put up less of a fight, according to Robert W. "Doby" Gibson. His...

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