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Vernon Leopold only really remembers the members of the I...

Robert Shoens was told what the plan was going to be for the Berlin raid. They went over specifics regarding flight...

Henry Armstrong expected to go overseas. He thought he was going to the Philippines due having trained with mules. Once...

William Leo Spaetgens was born on a farm in Roberts Cove near Crowley, Louisiana in 1922. He had eight siblings but one...

William Larson always got caught doing something en route. After he was inducted at Fort Crook [Annotator's Note: now...

Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla was born in the coal mining town of Kingston, Pennsylvania in January 1924. Pohorilla...

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

Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...

Eugene Henry Gierka arrived in Le Havre [Annotator's Note: Le Havre, France] and went to Rouen [Annotator's Note: Rouen...

On Christmas Day 1944, William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division]...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] USS...

Vernon Grimes was born in May 1921 in Wichita [Annotator's Note: Wichita, Kansas]. He grew up with a sister in various...

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