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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...

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

[Annotator's Note: Daniel Farley served in the Army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] The 29th...

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

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

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

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

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

Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Thompson (DD-627)] gave support to the Rangers [Annotator's Note:...

Edward Tipper and a band of paratroopers captured a key crossroads location without the use of any automatic weapons...

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

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

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