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Dominic Della Vedova was born in a coal mining camp called Bear Creek west of Ottumwa, Iowa in June 1919. His father...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Hairston served in the army as a forward observer with the 599th Field Artillery Battalion,...

Frank Finklang quickly learned from the "old timers" to hold onto K-rations [Annotator's Note: individual daily combat...

When Charles McGee first got to Italy, a lot of work and activity was based around survival. The men would improve...

William McCowen should never have gotten in the military in the first place. He had trick knees. He played a lot of...

Rudy Cravens remembers the ship he deployed on had to zig-zag [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine maneuver] and...

Tokuji Yoshihashi was born in January 1923 in Pasadena, California. He was one of five children. Times were tough for...

Rommel [Annotator's Note: German Army Generalfeldmarschall, or Field Marshal, Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel] was sending...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] While Taylor Howard was in the Army, the...

Harold Ashton was never really attacked and tried to do what he was supposed to do. He enjoyed flying and felt like his...

On returning to his outfit [Annotator's Note:the 88th Infantry Division] in Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy], Harry...

Robert Jagers went to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in...

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