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Lucien Laborde had no personal contact with General Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S....

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

[Annotator's Note: There is a very loud humming noise throughout this clip.] After he was drafted [Annotator's Note: in...

Eveline Peardon was born in Bayeux, Normandy, France on 5 February 1941. Her father was an officer in the French Navy...

[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward jumped into France with the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...

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

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

After landing at Le Havre [Annotator’s Note: Le Havre, France], Theodore R. Lee was shipped to an airstrip to be flown...

William "Bill" Parker arrived in southern England where he and other soldiers began preparing for a land invasion....

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

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

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

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