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In July of 1944, John Witmeyer and his men were some of the first American troops to cross the Seine River in France....

Jack Buckner was in Boise, Idaho when his aircrew was formed as part of the 347th Bombardment Squadron, 99th...

The mission that sticks out the most to Bob Goebel was flown on 18 August [Annotator's Note: 18 August 1944]. There was...

For Alfred Pierse Murphy, the most difficult part of succeeding in a bombing mission was the flak [Annotator's Note:...

It was a relatively small crowd at the University [Annotator's Note: University of Szeged in Szeged, Hungary] when Ivan...

Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] was inducted into the service at Camp Grant, Illinois then sent to Camp...

Norman Riggsby worked as an MP [Annotator’s Note: military policeman] and as a judge. When they not on motorcycle...

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

Philip Sciortino entered the Army and went to Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana] for his...

Arthur Albertson enlisted in the Air Force. He thought that was where he was going but five days after he signed up, he...

Gus Blass, II was born in May 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His family did not have much money during the Great...

Leonard Gaj [Annotator’s Note: captured on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944, while serving...

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