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Now that Edward Shames was an officer as well, he could tell Lieutenant Nye [Annotator's Note: US Army First Lieutenant...

Melvin Linkous discovered that the people of Ireland were wonderful. They were good business people. Occasionally, the...

Harold Beal remembers the paratroopers could not do much for them on the beach, but by the end of the day, they were up...

Norman Riggsby went through maneuvers and practice landings in preparation for the invasion of France. Riggsby...

Don Bowling trained with rifles, machine guns, and mortars. He landed on Omaha [Annotator's Note: Omaha Beach, Normandy...

John Raaen left Rudder and remnants of his battalion [Annotator’s Note: 5th Ranger Battalion] at the Pointe to...

Roy Creek remembered taking the bridge at Chef-du-Pont [Annotator's Note: Chef-du-Pont, France]. The bridge was intact...

Wayne Pierce and his regiment were moved to an airbase in the south of England in anticipation of the start of the...

According to Harry Snyder, anyone entering combat in Normandy between D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of...

Johnnie A. Jones Senior was made a warrant officer [Annotator's Note: officers above non-commissioned officers,...

Bernard Friedenberg trained for the invasion of Europe after the invasion of Sicily. He landed at Omaha Beach and Gela...

After training at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia], Herman Yates was transferred to a Port of...

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