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After he lost his rifle, Zawada grabbed the grease gun [Annotator's Note: M3 submachine gun] from behind the driver. He...

Roy Creek never met any French people until years after the invasion. Chef-du-Pont [Annotator's Note: Chef-du-Pont,...

Carl Payne heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941]...

Dominick Sgobbo remembered taking prisoners back to headquarters and having to prevent non-combatants from mistreating...

One could fire automatically from the hip. The M-1 could get muddy, wet, and whatever else and it would fire. The...

Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...

In October [Annotator’s Note: of 1942], Harley Harned turned 18. Not long after, his friends made the decision to sign...

Frank Fontana was born in St. Louis, Missouri in August 1922. He grew up in St. Louis. He had one brother who was two...

Leroy Redmond was in Combat Command A, 14th Armored Division, as a tank commander. It was a lot of responsibility and...

Fred Amram was born in September 1933 in Hanover, Germany. His father was a peddler in the textile trade. He sold...

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

Wayne O. Hill remembers how important the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act...

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