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Irving Becker was assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Special Service Force. A book...

Stegmeier was told that he had shrapnel on his lung and that his feet appeared to be frozen. One doctor wanted to...

Herbert W. Ridyard benefited from his service and combat all during his later life. It helped him physically, mentally...

Hillman James Prestridge partook in the biggest operation ever [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...

When Mort Walker moved to New York he was the top selling cartoonist in the country. He did a lot with the Saturday...

When he arrived in France, Arles J. Doss went to Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lô, France], which had been totally...

Oscar Otto Martin thought that all of World War 2 was a memorable experience. He made many friendships throughout his...

Theodore Finkbeiner and the paratroopers he was with started heading toward Gela. Whenever they heard shooting they...

John Witmeyer boarded ship on 5 June 1944 for transport across the English Channel. Before Witmeyer crossed the channel...

Leon Dixon was born in June 1918 in Batchelor, in the parish of Pointe Coupee [Annotator's Note: Louisiana]. It was...

John L. Cowan does not remember much about his time in the military. It was not very exciting. Cowan decided to serve...

When Leila Morrison arrived in Buchenwald [Annotator's Note: Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany], the...

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