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[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was assigned to the Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-502 for the invasion of Europe.] Because...

Donald Rudolph Carlson feels that World War 2 changed the world. He did not fight in it, because in 1941 when we [...

Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] was sent to Nijmegen, Holland...

There were roughly 36 planes in each mission from the base [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Thurleigh in Thurleigh,...

After returning home, Harold Roed [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division] went out in New York City...

Virgil Faust was a prisoner of war [Annotator's Note: in Stalag XVII-B, Austria] during World War 2. Towards the end of...

Dave Fleischer had a friend with whom he went to enlist. His friend went into the Navy, but Fleischer wanted to enlist...

[Annotator's Note: William Nesser served aboard the SS Kalliopi, and was returning to the United States from England.]...

Fred Hirsekorn was born in Schonlanke, Germany in May 1924. There were about five generations of Hirsekorns who were...

William Leo Spaetgens had his life changed by the Second World War. If a person could not work for something or pay for...

Jimmy Doi encountered Italian fascists at San Terenzo. San Terenzo was their last big battle. They were down in a gully...

After basic training, Don Tallon left Virginia for Africa. The journey took 21 days in a convoy. They had rough weather...

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