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William McCowen was born in 1926 in Elmsford, New York. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression...

At Alife [Annotator's Note: Alife, Italy], Norman Raner heard a chap hollering because he was hurt. A tank that Raner...

Erwin Blonder feels that it is very important to have a museum that preserves the history of the war, like the World...

Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] and his unit were fighting the Germans in...

Nicholas John Compagno and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat...

Charles Coolidge discusses his reunion with his family. When he got to Camp Atterbury he went to the Top Sergeant and...

The last day of the war in Italy for Howard T. Maki was in early May 1945. It was VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in...

Life on base was "awful" according to Edwin Sved. The men lived in tents set up in the mud and took cold showers, but...

Joyce Sherman had a pen pal. She had a cousin who was an Army nurse stationed in Italy and was corresponding with a...

Wilburn K. Ross stayed behind because he felt that he was able to stop the Germans. He had confidence in his ability to...

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