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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...

Julia L. Myers had male nurses in her class as well, and they joined the Army too. Myers was an Army nurse. She went in...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] was changed by the war. It was an excellent experience. He...

Edward Tipper remembered the attack on Carentan and his subsequent wounding as an ordinary series of events. The most...

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

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

Stanley Boyd Nance served with the 11th Armored Division and was selected to be part of a top secret organization...

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

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

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

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

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