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Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...

Willard Haul "Jack" Coop was born in April 1924 in Sulphur, Kentucky. He grew up with two younger sisters. His family...

William Leo Spaetgens enlisted in the United States Navy [Annotator's Note: on 22 October 1942]. His parents did not...

Harley Reynolds and his unit were moving inland toward their objective. The first troops from his unit he ran into were...

Samuel W. Smith passed his instrument school training a week before graduation. He got a 250 dollar allowance to buy a...

Edgar A. Grabhorn's first ten missions [Annotator's Note: as a navigator with the 838th Bombardment Squadron, 487th...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noise throughout the segment.] After being accepted into the Army Air...

To Frank Fontana, going to Paris a week after the city's liberation was the most memorable wartime experience. The trip...

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

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] After the combat at the...

Wilhelm Gehlen was born in November 1934 in Viersen [Annotator's Note: Viersen, Germany]. He remembers growing up...

Although Dominick Sgobbo was not the soldier with the longest tenure, he became a squad leader because he was the best...

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