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Joseph Simpson arrived in La Havre, France after crossing the English Channel. Those in charge decided the troops...

Arne Samuelson and his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 99th Infantry Battalion was a separate unit composed of Norwegians...

The soldiers were appreciative of the nurses. In England, Irma Darphin worked as a mail censor at night. There were 100...

Walter Sapp's father had been in World War 1 and knew what infantry was about. Sapp did not consult with his family...

Thomas Ballew served in headquarters [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 231st Searchlight Battalion] handling finance and...

Richard Edward Gile was born in Buffalo, New York in March 1923. He recalled the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was with the 17th Airborne Division when they met up with the British 6th Airborne...

On Christmas Eve [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1944], James B. Jones had finished a skirmish with Germans. That...

Vernon Leopold feared being captured because he was German. He did not know of the death camps but he knew that the men...

M. Edward Melton went to Europe where his unit [Annotator’s Note: 42nd Infantry Division] was committed by Eisenhower [...

Murray Stein was told that when they replacde the 2nd Division [Annotator's Note: 2nd Infantry Division], they were...

Robert Eshback went overseas on the USS Wakefield (AP-21), a troop transport ship that traveled alone, and he was...

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