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

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

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

One of Elmo Bell's superiors [Annotator's Note: he does not specify who] doubted the effectiveness of the pathfinder...

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

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

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

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

Roy Creek remembers the chaos at Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June...

Edward Tipper and the troops of the 101st Airborne were very confident about jumping into France. Their training was...

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

After Richard J. O’Brien disembarked from the ship in England [Annotator’s Note: having departed the United States in...

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