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

When Cosmo Uttero got home, he joined the VFW [Annotator's Note: Veterans of Foreign Wars]. There were hundreds of...

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

Leonard Gaj hit the ground quickly when he jumped [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...

James Nannini went overseas in a large convoy. It was scary to him because he had never been on a boat before. He was...

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

Emory Maurice Ornelles was sent to Camp Wolters [Annotator's Note: later Fort Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas] for...

After Utah Beach had been somewhat secure, David Olson and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: 87th Armored Field Artillery...

Robert G. Frey has spoken more to the interviewer about the war than he has ever previously done. He was there and when...

Joseph Lesniewski had no problems with his first jumps. He told his sister that when he made the jumps, he would take a...

Charles Moore went to Bottesford which was 18 miles from Nottingham. [Annotator’s Note: Moore and the 440th Troop...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee refers to notes throughout segment] James Mathews [Annotator’s Note: born in 1917] grew...

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