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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...

On 8 April [Annotator's Note: 8 April 1944] they got a red flag in the area and they knew they were getting ready to go...

Daniel J. Lennon remembered the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean was not particularly good for enlisted men. His unit [...

Donald Evans got orders to ship out around June [Annotator's Note: June 1944]. He thought they [Annotator's Note: 66th...

John Raaen and a portion of the 5th Ranger Battalion were detached and under the command of Sullivan [Annotator’s Note...

Elmo Bell and the men of Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division repelled...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] They...

[Annotator’s Note: Voices can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] After two days of cancellation due to...

John Raaen reached the coastal road and the wide open field adjacent to it. The field was approximately 200 to 300...

Everybody was scared the first time, and every time they jumped out of an airplane. Gerard Dillon says that if you were...

Bud Olson volunteered for overseas duty in October 1943. Sent to a replacement depot in England, Olson volunteered for...

Ed Rendelman arrived in England after sailing from the United States in March 1944. The men knew there was a big build...

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