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Herbert Heilbrun wore long johns under woolen pants with a warm shirt under a Mae West [Annotator's Note: inflatable...

Fred Gordon recalls being under constant enemy fire for weeks. He was eventually transferred from the observation post...

Clinton Gardner was born in New York City on December 26, 1922. The family moved to Larchmont, New York when Gardner...

The invasion at Ormoc Bay was small and consisted mainly of destroyers and rocket firing landing craft.The Laffey [...

Leahr was shipped overseas in early 1944. He had graduated in Class 43-G [Annotator's Note: Class 43-G graduated in...

Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...

Robert Haffner took advantage of the G.I. Bill's unemployment benefits and drew 20 dollars per week in 1946 and 1947...

Richard Henry Hamilton was born in September 1922 in Brattleboro, Vermont with three brothers and one sister. His...

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

Charles Scheffel was wounded twice in Sicily, once in the arm and a fragment in his leg. Scheffel went back to the aid...

Julian Gould Brunt returned home from World War 2, was discharged from the Army, and enrolled at Mississippi State...

The Red Ball Express hauled the troops around and it was almost completely made of black drivers. When they got ready...

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