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Robert Harris flew his first combat mission over France on D-Day. [Annotator’s Note: D-Day was on 6 June 1944 when...

One of Elmo Bell's superiors [Annotator's Note: he does not specify who] doubted the effectiveness of the pathfinder...

Harold Beal thought the English were nice people. They would travel up and down the coast to practice making landings....

Harold Paul [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division]...

Joseph Stefaniak's guys blew up an armored car and took all of the money out of it. They thought the money was no good...

There was more training for John Pogue after he reached Reading [Annotator's Note: Reading, England]. The 401st Glider...

[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was a platoon commander in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment...

To Harry Quinn, combat was the closest thing to Hell that a person could experience. Sleep was disrupted at night by...

Edward Tipper was on detached service with another company in Southern England during the preparatory phase to the...

Wesley S. Mullen underwent basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. He was assigned to the horse cavalry, but it was soon...

Virgil Clayton Moen was trained in gliders in the Army Air Corps. Many guys died in glider crashes because they were...

John Raaen landed after the first wave [Annotator's Note: on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944]. The first wave had...

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