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Stanley James Thurston was born in Irvington, Alabama in March 1924. The family farmed and raised livestock during the...

Robert Harris was based in England for one year at a base called Barkston Heath near Grantham. [Annotator’s Note: the...

Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...

Henry Langrehr fought his way through a church yard [Annotator's Note: in Sainte-Mère-Église, France on D-Day, 6 June...

Basic training for Robert Boyer was regimented, leaving little to chance. For 17 weeks he worked with the 57mm anti-...

The first time Alan Moskin realized he was in combat and war, something hit the top of his head. There were mortar and...

Fred Hirsekorn's battalion [Annotators Note: Company C, 25th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division] was made up of four...

Charles Fitts, Jr. and the other prisoners were taken to a bunker. There, they realized just how many of the men had...

Lorcey J. Sonnier departed from Maine for duty overseas. He made a stop in Newfoundland, Iceland, Ireland, and Scotland...

Alfons Robert Kleindienst would often send canned food and other items to his parents in Germany because they had a...

Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...

Marvin Sussman's first combat experience took place in the village of Rocheville [Annotator's Note: Rocheville, France...

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