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Wayne Pierce fought with General Gavin in Normandy. He and the airborne found him to be a god. In terms of Pierce’s...

Robert G. Frey took his entry into combat on a day to day basis. He had good leadership in Fred Valentino [Annotator's...

When orders came about a month after D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944],...

Edward Dunne's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-53] had a big ramp that the tanks would go off of. There were six...

Eveline Peardon and her siblings visited the young soldiers every day after D-Day [Annotator’s Note: the 6 June 1944...

In the early part of 1944, Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] were put in a...

Philip Schultz went through basic training like any other new recruit. Subsequently, he sailed to England and was there...

Bernard Knese took off around midnight and crossed the Channel [Annotator’s Note: the English Channel]. They arrived in...

John Raaen saw an unbelievable number of ships on the morning of D-Day. There were thousands of ships all spaced apart...

Joseph Hartmann remembers that by 6:30 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

James Nannini participated in the Normandy Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...

Hillman James Prestridge was serving in a field artillery unit [Annotator's Note: when he landed with the first wave at...

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