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When Edward LaPorta landed in Oran all he could see was the German fortress which had two giant spotlights shining out...

[Annotator's Note: Carl Peterson served in the Army as a mortar man in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

James Read Kirk had never been out of the country before. He went to Bangor, Maine and practiced flying in formations....

Robert Clifford Pryor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1920. Growing up during the Great Depression [...

On their way back to the United States, they [Annotator's Note: George McGovern and his crew] had to make a stop in the...

Dominick Frank Poliseno says that many of the Italians wanted to run from combat. Their little tanks were easy to knock...

Erwin Blonder recalls the tactics that the Germans used in France. They would use small scale hit and run tactics. They...

Thomas Michael Holt's Ranger training was arduous [Annotator's Note: the 1st Ranger Battalion]. Darby [Annotator's Note...

Paul Maymon [Annotator’s Note: with the 17th Field Artillery Regiment] was active in the bitter fighting through the...

Ivan van der Pool was in Hershey, Pennsylvania, when he received his orders to go overseas. From there, he boarded the...

Ralph F. Lafferty was shipped back home after being wounded. He departed through the port at Naples [Annotator's Note:...

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