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Francis Hurd was born in Woodhall, New York to parents who were farmers. When he was 16 years old he was forced to quit...

Wallace Hurley seldom knew where he was when he was in combat. He entered France and fought there before crossing into...

The Germans had diverted two divisions to deal with this salient in their rear echelon. They did not know what these...

Vernon Tweedt was crossing southern Germany. The mountain streams were almost clogged with rainbow trout because Hitler...

Fred A. Stecher’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was being deployed overseas and boarding the Queen Mary...

After the Hurtgen Forest, the 4th Infantry Division was tasked with protecting Luxembourg and James Flannigan was sent...

After the Battle of the Bulge Tom Quigley was taken out of combat and sent to a hospital due to an injury to his back...

Joseph P. Fulco did not think the fighting was as bad after crossing the Rhine [Annotator's Note: Rhine River]. He...

Barbara Heming's story is similar to all of those Germans who came from the east during the bleak period in the 1940s...

[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] John Ryan worked for Shell Oil Company in Odessa,...

Chester Strunk views The National WWII Museum as a valuable asset to teach people about the sacrifices made not only by...

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