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By December 1944, Frank Zunno's jump school training was complete. Around Christmas Day 1944, Zunno boarded the Queen...

Charles Coolidge took sheep into a minefield instead of sending men through it to be sure there were no mines. Early in...

John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...

One day, Mort Walker heard on the radio that the war was over so he arranged for a train to take all of the Germans,...

Stanley Jack Birnbaum fought the war that was considered a "popular war" because it was necessary. He was a tall,...

[Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Thomas J. Blakey to tell him what it was like a few days before D-Day; the...

David Paul Spencer’s first day of combat was not too eventful. There was a pretty decent firefight and his unit had a...

Edward Tipper had his life improved as a result of his service in World War Two. He received a college education and...

[Annotator's Note: Paul Arst and the interviewer discuss some of his old comrades and their current whereabouts.] One...

Vernon Leo Tyler was a cannoneer on gun crews [Annotator's Note: in the 100th Infantry Division]. Gun crew duties...

James Livaudais was born in Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. He was one of eight children. There were six boys and two...

Before he could finish his schooling, Philip Schmidt was drafted into the Army. He knew several people that had been...

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