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Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time....

Vernon Leopold and his friend Jim Fort, who was another radio operator and original member of the platoon [Annotator's...

William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...

Bud Olson volunteered for overseas duty in October 1943. Sent to a replacement depot in England, Olson volunteered for...

David Foerster got his wings at Pensacola [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida]. He went to...

Robert Bassemir fought in a big battle at mountain town called Lucherberg [Annotator's Note: Lucherberg, Germany with...

Philemon Andrews Saint Amant saw some graves of members of the German Army and some of them were Jewish. Saint Amant's...

Jack Weiss got off his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Columbia (CL-56)] and went on the South Dakota [Annotator's Note:...

William M. Barnett believes that Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States] saved...

James Moore Power [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 55th Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division] trained...

Joseph Alter does not remember how he heard that the war was over. He was uncomfortable because that evening they left...

Ivan Bodis-Wollner does not remember arriving at Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near...

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