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A lot of the small towns along Clyde Kenney's march were "butchered," and Germany was "pulverized" during that period...

Robert Nichols Cresswell left Remagen [Annotator’s Note: as a truck driver in the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion, he...

After the bridge [Annotator’s Note: Nijmegen Bridge] was secured, T. Moffatt Burriss and his outfit were moved to a...

Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...

When James B. Jones arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was assigned to the first black armored unit in the Army. The...

Rodney Charles Fraser went through Aachen [Annotator’s Note: Aachen, Germany] and saw the obvious destruction [...

Samuel Lombardo received the Silver Star for advancing on a hill under enemy fire. His men hit the ground when the...

Herbert W. Ridyard was let off a truck near Nennig [Annotator's Note: Nennig, Germany] and then advanced toward their...

Many Jewish people in the Army spoke other languages, and sometimes the words would get mixed up. Yiddish [Annotator's...

Edward G. Willette was in Verviers, Belgium, and wrote home quite often. One of his letters described how, when the...

Kenneth Barnette was assigned to the 63rd Infantry Division on a 60mm mortar [Annotator's Note: M2 60mm mortar]. He...

In early April 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his fellow prisoners of war were liberated in Moosburg, Germany [Annotator’s Note...

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