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Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...

George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: a German prisoner of war] was eventually liberated. The guards were gone, and...

Robert Rupp did not really feel animosity towards the Nazi soldiers. He did not come across any concentration camps....

Charles Magnifico still suffers today from his injuries [Annotator's Note: Magnifico developed immersion foot syndrome...

Ray League never heard about the Holocaust prior to entering the Army. He did not want to know, but the Germans knew....

Gilbert Clift was at Camp Maxey [Annotator's Note: in Paris, Texas] for weeks without any idea where they were headed...

Isadore Bronstein received his draft notification in late 1942 or early 1943. He had thought he would not be called up...

James Moore Power attended Ole Miss [Annotator’s Note: the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi] when he...

John Kerner thought he would be taking part in the D-Day invasion [Annotator's Note: the invasion of Normandy on 6 June...

William Pena remembers how his battalion commander was a gung-ho, brave, and tall man who refused to stay at the rear...

Lewis Guidry returned home aboard a ship. He sailed on New Year's Day [Annotator's Note: 1 January 1946] from northern...

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