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During Operation Varsity [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel, Germany], the glider pilots of one...

Samuel W. Smith got the B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] up to top speed and buzzed...

Oscar Johnson was in Moosburg until General Patton came in and rescued them. It was quite a day. They could see shells...

Kenneth R. Williams’ [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

Wilfred Lawrence Weseman grew up during the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression was a global...

Each compound had a command group to deal with the Germans. This also helped the Germans by having commanders over the...

Edward Grant flew his first mission in March 1945. He took for granted that he might be shot down. His airfield did not...

Paul Bosworth and his crew flew their B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] to Wales. The...

The war changed Bernard Smith's life like it changed everybody's. It is a different world. Up until 1945, and the...

Prior to Operation Market Garden [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, 17 to 25 September 1944, Netherlands],...

Loevsky was born on Long Island, New York. He was 1 of 3 children.His father worked in a bronze factory. He was a young...

Vernon Grimes was sent to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], where he boarded a troop ship....

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