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William Dabney took his basic training at Camp Tyson, Tennessee. This was near the Kentucky border and sometimes the...

Chester Lee Strunk was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in December 1922. His father was a foundry worker. It was tough...

Louis Frydman felt the Warsaw ghetto uprising was just a matter of choosing how to die. [Annotator's Note: Frydman...

Michael J. Pohorilla's ball turret gunner, Herb Baudier [Annotator's Note: Herbert L. Baudier], was a Flamin' Cajun [...

Vernon Grimes has lost two wives since the war, but never cried over them, despite loving them dearly. He believes his...

Warren Sanford Moose was at the University of Oregon [Annotator's Note: in Eugene, Oregon] when Pearl Harbor was...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden recalls that...

Walter Trauner went through a line and was told he would be in the Army. He wanted to fly. Basic training was on tank...

Oscar Johnson was in Moosburg until General Patton came in and rescued them. It was quite a day. They could see shells...

Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...

Melvin Dahlberg was in the battle for Hill 1098 [Annotator's Note: part of Maritime Alps in Southern France]. They were...

Darold Rice remembers his first experience with combat as he and his crew were ordered to fire their .30 caliber into...

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