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The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Some of the primary targets Robert Whitcomb hit were marshalling yards, research facilities, and factories. They made...

Palermo, Messina and Sicily [Annotator's Note: all in Italy] were very severe targets for Jack Buckner due to the...

When the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...

Edward Field had his most memorable experience with the crash of his plane [Annotator's Note: after his plane was shot...

Kaare Allan Johnson was born in May 1924 in Staten Island, New York [Annotator's Note: Staten Island is one of the five...

Freddie Ohr came running out of the wave and he did not see the boat anymore. He made two or three passes that low....

Lucien Laborde had no personal contact with General Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S....

Guy Stern was born Guenther Stern in Hildesheim, Germany in January 1922. He lived in Hildesheim until he left for the...

Isadore Bronstein received his draft notification in late 1942 or early 1943. He had thought he would not be called up...

George Reitmeier was born in June 1925 in Lackawanna, New York. He grew up in a German and Polish neighborhood with a...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells a story about another soldier talking about hand-to-hand combat.] Joseph...

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