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[Annotator's Note: Winnecken Gerhard speaks largely in German in this segment with very limited translation to English...

Joseph Hartmann remembers that by 6:30 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

Edward Tipper had his life improved as a result of his service in World War Two. He received a college education and...

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

Paul Roach was a city engineer. He was in the reserves for two weeks in the summer. He was taking classes in command...

Walter Halloran hit the beach and saw many men die as soon as the ramp was dropped [Annotator’s Note: he was assigned...

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

Bill Connelly [Annotator's Note: with the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th...

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

Grant Patton remembers the convoy would not stop. One ship might stop to pick up survivors. While he was flying, they...

Earl Tweed advanced from being a platoon commander with 35 to 40 men at full strength to being a company commander with...

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

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