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William Earl Gast was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in Orangetown, New York] for embarkation. While he waited...

James Sandoz was born in New Iberia, Louisiana in January 1924. His father was a farmer. They did not have electricity...

Hillman James Prestridge was sent to boot camp to train in field artillery. Training was good, and he enjoyed the...

[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] Monroe "Tex" Combs was born in October 1921 in...

Sam V. Abate would walk guard duty. The Germans would come at night with PT-Boats [Annotator's Note: E-boat; Allied...

Gowan Duffy remembers the German planes would start at one end of the beach strafing and go on to the other end. [...

Harold Baumgarten and the men he was with engaged about five Germans at a farm house on the bluff. He killed one of the...

Benjamin "Dusty" Rhoads departed from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and arrived in London [Annotator'...

Donald Evans [Annotator's Note: and the 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] went ashore [Annotator's Note: at...

When Elizabeth Gibbens completed basic training, she was sent to Camp Shanks, New York. She found it exciting to get...

John Raaen disagrees with Gary Sterne [Annotator’s Note: Gary Sterne discovered the buried site of the large complex of...

On the night of the 13 June [Annotator's Note: 13 June 1944], Edward Shames was called by a runner to see Colonel Sink...

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