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Around five on the morning of 6 June 1944, Eveline Peardon and her family were awoken by the sound of heavy artillery...

John Kerner was assigned close to the front in a battalion aid station [Annotator's Note: 110th Medical Battalion, 35th...

The day of the Normandy invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944],...

On the night of the 13 June [Annotator's Note: 13 June 1944], Edward Shames was called by a runner to see Colonel Sink...

Basil Woolf was in England moving around different coasts before they came into some work. They were preparing for...

Joseph Lesniewski and Ed [Annotator's Note: Private Edward J. Joint] took off and were looking for more people. It took...

In October 1943, William F. Bielec was assigned to go overseas to Europe. On his way over, his convoy was attacked by...

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

Joseph Venerloh was born in 1923 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was one of seven siblings. His dad worked in the office...

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

William Earl Gast was assigned to the 743rd Tank Battalion [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, 1st...

Johnnie A. Jones, Senior went ashore at Omaha [Annotator's Note: Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, 7 June 1944 with the...

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