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Clarence Herbert Weatherwax rose through the ranks quickly [Annotator's Note: while assigned to Fort Shafter as an...

Gordon Higgins describes food rations, and continues with his experiences as the war progressed. He said it took 30...

Addy Melancon was sent overseas to England to join the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Armored Division. He...

Edgar L. McKay and others received orders [Annotator's Note: from US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.] to...

Robert Wolf carried an M1 rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]....

For Robert Gorman, crossing the Roer River was a serious point in his combat experience. Both sides shelled heavily...

John Foy wanted to mention something about the quartermasters. They were mostly black units, relegated to unloading...

There were a lot of cases where there were no NCOs [Annotator's Note: non-commissioned officers]. Roland Chaisson says...

Reneau Breard [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] was...

Robert Lewis Beilman enlisted into the Army with the hopes of being accepted into ASTP [Annotator's Note: Army...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Willett was in Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France.] They finally left Lucky Strike and...

At Dusseldorf, the Rhine River is about the same size as the Mississippi River. Guy Leefe, Jr. and his fellow...

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