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

[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...

Robert G. Frey was born in August 1924 in Bethlehem and ended up in Bath [Annotator's Note: Bethlehem and Bath,...

Harold Paul [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division]...

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

Around five on the morning of 6 June 1944, Eveline Peardon and her family were awoken by the sound of heavy artillery...

Wesley S. Mullen underwent basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. He was assigned to the horse cavalry, but it was soon...

After a year and a half of training, James W. Phillips rode on the Queen Mary ocean liner to Europe with his division [...

Roy Creek thought they were well prepared for Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

John Raaen found England to be great duty in preparation for the invasion. It was apparent that the equipment buildup...

After arriving in Liverpool, Lucien Laborde was sent to Swindon where he was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division. At...

[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] Monroe "Tex" Combs Monroe received orders to jump...

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