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Captured German officers speaks with American captors. "ETO-HQ-44-5959. Petrony. 27 June. Signal corps photo....

Destroyed German batttery (probably the Crisbecq Battery) near the village of Saint-Marcouf, Manche; close to Utah...

Photograph. American soldiers riding in a LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] in the English Channel. Official...

Photograph. Two American servicemen being rescued by Coast Guardsmen from the English Channel. Official caption on...

William Earl Gast was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in Orangetown, New York] for embarkation. While he waited...

Daniel Altman was born in June 1921 in New York City, New York. He lived in an apartment where he shared a bathroom...

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

Wayne Pierce returned to his regiment and was placed in Company B. He went to the battalion commander who told him...

Arthur Albertson did not get as far behind the line [Annotator's Note: the German line] as he thought he could. He got...

Nicholas J. Zuras headed back out to sea [Annotator's Note: after firing all of the rockets on his rocket boat at Omaha...

Before World War 2 began, Lutz Windisch did not necessarily think that Germany was headed for war, but he grew up in...

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

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