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Normandy was bocage country [Annotator's Note: a terrain of mixed woodland and pastures] and was divided by stone...

Hawk describes his war wounds from shrapnel and having the pieces picked out of his skin. He describes the results of...

Rip Rice was assigned to the 104th Infantry Division and went overseas in August 1944. They landed in Cherbourg [...

George Bernard Griffenhagen was in Plzen, Czechoslovakia on VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day], 8 May...

The Beetle Bailey strip was heavily influenced by Mort Walker's time in the Army during World War 2 and many of his...

Captain Smith was surprised to see John M. Roberts and his buddies show up as he had them listed as missing in action....

Ed Tunnicliff received a two week furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] after...

Cecil J. V. Newton went overseas unescorted, but traveled in a zigzag [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine...

During the war, T. Moffatt Burriss encountered an individual nicknamed Eight Ball. Burriss first encountered him in...

Josephine Pescatore believes that it is important for future generations to know about World War 2. A lot of people do...

The first time Alan Moskin realized he was in combat and war, something hit the top of his head. There were mortar and...

Edward Zarger was born in March 1926 in Hagerstown, Maryland. His father was a farmer. His mother was an organist....

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