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

Henry Langrehr liked to parachute because it was a thrill. They used T5 chutes [Annotator's Note: parachute] which were...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] which hit a mine not far the...

Charles Magnifico was born in 1923 in Jersey City, New Jersey during the Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...

The weather was terrible [Annotator's Note: in England]. Cosmo Uttero cannot recall if he went down into the ship or...

Earl Tweed and the troops preparing for the invasion of France knew the action was coming because they were informed...

Harold Baumgarten continues talking about his experience when he reached Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, 6...

Gowan Duffy was stationed in Northern Ireland [Annotator’s Note: with the 141st Field Artillery Battalion]. They...

Roy Creek remembers the chaos at Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June...

Emory Maurice Ornelles was sent to Camp Wolters [Annotator's Note: later Fort Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas] for...

Arley Jett was born in 1922 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He grew up in Canoe, Kentucky and near Cincinnati, Ohio....

Edward Shames participated in the battle of Carentan [Annotator's Note: 10 to 14 June 1944]. Shames says that the...

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