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Ralph “Bud” Ginrich made a few friends in the prison camps [Annotator’s Note: he had been captured at Sidi Bou Zid,...

Alexander Jefferson returned to the United States aboard ships, picking up men in England, and spending eight days...

The first plane Dr. Roscoe Brown shot down was a Me-262 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...

Claude L. Lewis kissed the ground when he returned to the States [Annotator’s Note: United States]. He had enough...

Jim Stumpfa sang the US Coast Guard song while they were marching. He enjoyed the exercise. He did not like the middle-...

Van Barfoot first served with the 1st Infantry Division after he enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia. With the 1st...

Roger Shaw was changed by World War 2. The war changed the world. Shaw had never been on a boat before, and that was a...

Reneau Breard took part in the invasion and fighting at Anzio [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Anzio, Italy; 22 January...

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

T. Moffatt Burriss spent two and a half years overseas. The Waal River crossing [Annotator’s Note: during Operation...

In September 1943, Harold Ashton's squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 21 (VP-21)] was sent to England. On the...

Harley Reynolds notes that a few of the wounded men were dragging behind. They made it to the trench area. They had men...

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