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Russell Hoff reached Bad Orb and was assigned to a barracks in the camp. When a group of Americans killed a German...

Hugh L. Colbert was born in Electra, Texas in June 1925. He attended school there in the Electra public school system...

Roland M. Lee encountered flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] on most of his missions [Annotator's...

In his advanced training, Guy Stern had to interrogate prisoners. They were taught four or five methods and were given...

The first thing Lawrence Angst did when being shelled was jump in a foxhole. They learned how to protect themselves. He...

Wayne Peer anticipated being drafted. The armed forces had few restrictions to defer service. Peer was inducted at Fort...

Daniel Farley tried to enlist in the Marine Corps but they turned him down. He then went to the Army and they took him...

Robert Christie notes that the armored tank units worked with the armored infantry. One of the residents at Christie's...

After leaving the service, Carl Koone went home to visit his family, and "fiddled around on the farm" with his father....

Charles Childs was sent by boat to the United States. His radar-navigator was sent back with him. Childs was a Captain...

Leon Bass voluntarily entered the military. He was in a movie theater when he heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

James Britt retired in 1961. He was in the Army for 20 years. He had a daughter and a son. He tested equipment in...

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