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Z. Anthony Kruszewski was born in June 1928 in Warsaw, Poland. His grandfather was a chemist working in Russia. The...

Elmer Nicholson, Jr. had to stay in Europe for about six months after the war ended. They went up the Moselle Valley to...

Joseph Brannan had never ridden on a PT boat [Annotator's Note: Patrol Torpedo boat] prior to his assignment to his...

Wallace Hurley recounts the story of his admired company commander who was killed while capturing two Germans. The...

Thomas Payn discussed how the allied ships detected U-boats [Annotator's Note: German submarines], and what happened...

Stegmeier was told that he had shrapnel on his lung and that his feet appeared to be frozen. One doctor wanted to...

James Siracuse was born in Upper Manhattan [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in 1920. He was raised there. He...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

After he lost his rifle, Zawada grabbed the grease gun [Annotator's Note: M3 submachine gun] from behind the driver. He...

Bernard Hillenbrand fought in World War 2 because he is proud to be an American. When his grandfather immigrated to...

George W. Bachmann, Junior had never left his hometown of Akron [Annotator's Note: Akron, Ohio] before joining the Army...

Leroy Redmond was in Combat Command A, 14th Armored Division, as a tank commander. It was a lot of responsibility and...

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