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Gus Blass, II wrote a book in 1999. One day his granddaughter asked him what a Dear John letter was, and why they...

Erna Louise Deiglmayr was born in Antwerp, Belgium. She had a close family. Her mother was one of many children. She...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was assigned to the Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-502 for the invasion of Europe.] Because...

Vernon Grimes wanted to protect his rank, so he joined the Reserves after the war and was called up for the Korean War...

Joseph Kanter was born in November 1923 in Helena, Alabama. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the...

Leon Waldman’s unit [Annotator’s Note: 840th Bombardment Squadron, 483rd Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force] they got...

Walter Bala completed 35 missions before he returned home. He had one mission where he thought for sure he was going to...

Lewis Guidry crossed the Rhine River near the Remagen Bridge [Annotator's Note: the Ludendorff Bridge in the city of...

Eugene Henry Gierka's most memorable experience was his being exposed as an interpreter to a couple hundred Polish...

Charles Acker does not regret his time in the Army. He was a Boy Scout [Annotator's Note: Boy Scouts of America,...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noises throughout the segment.] Wilfred Lawrence Weseman served in Italy...

The trip home after Howard Genrich was discharged is a little blurry to him but he recalls hitchhiking and riding buses...

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