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Gerard Dillon only had one situation where someone refused to jump. They were going to make a practice jump in France....

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...

Addy Melancon was sent overseas to England to join the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Armored Division. He...

Joseph Romano had mixed feelings about going home. He got disappointed when he went to Camp Kilmer [Annotator's Note:...

Vernon Schmidt was born in Reedley [Annotator's Note: Reedley, California] in January 1926. His father worked on a farm...

Alfred Dietrick went into combat on 9 September 1943 [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry...

They began training every day with full daypacks and practiced moving quickly and efficiently up and down the long...

James B. Jones's father died not long after the move. Jones was working for a lawyer and his family in town. The family...

In early January 1945, John Foy was in the snow, preparing to attack in support of another battalion that was "gettin'...

Herbert Weatherwax was drafted into the military when he was 24 years old. He had a problem with alcohol while he was...

Wayne Pierce had no idea of what was happening with A or B Companies while he was with Sanford and the remnants of C...

Before he could finish his schooling, Philip Schmidt was drafted into the Army. He knew several people that had been...

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