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Basil C. Hoehn was born October 1924 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He came from a low economic background. His father worked...

In 1939, the Germans came into Poland and divided it into two parts. One was annexed by Germany and the other was...

John Singlaub compared British to American parachutes. The British chute was different in many ways compared to the...

[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continually refers to a book that he has off camera.] During Operation Market Garden [...

Harold Roed tried to enlist in the Air Corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Corps] before his 18th birthday, passing...

Melvin Dahlberg went to paratrooper school in Georgia. It was very difficult training, running five to ten miles every...

Maurice Hackler eventually made it home to marry on 14 July 1945 and was later discharged from the Army Air Forces on...

Charles Fitts, Jr. does not know what he would have been if not for the war. Before the war, Fitts wanted to be a left...

On 8 April [Annotator's Note: 8 April 1944] they got a red flag in the area and they knew they were getting ready to go...

Mancel Kirk survived the war well. He did not get shell shock like some others did. The worst thing he suffered was the...

Ted Winestone [Annotator's Note: a Polish Jewish immigrant to the United States] was in a labor camp during World War 2...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Vernon Tweedt how difficult the landing at Salerno, Italy in Operation...

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