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Vernon Alexander was a history major in college. He ran into a situation about 30 miles outside of Innsbruck, Austria...

John Kerner took a German passenger ship overseas to Europe. He shared a stateroom with five other officers, and they...

[Annotators Note: The interviewer mentions to Robert Murphy that he may be doing a series on great military leaders...

Jack Albert Del Monte was born in May 1921 in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five...

[Annotator’s Note: It is very difficult to hear the interviewer speak throughout this segment.] In late 1943, Milton...

William Pena and his men took up a position in the town across from what was a girl’s school run by nuns. That morning...

Lewis Guidry entered combat first in France. The troops all knew exactly what to do and were prepared for their jobs....

Joseph John Mammino was unaware of the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression was a global economic...

Near the end of the war, Arley Jett's unit [Annotator's Note: 262nd Signal Construction Company] was constructing...

Robert Bassemir was drafted in the spring of 1943. He was sent to Long Island [Annotator's Note: Long Island, New York...

Prior to being sent overseas, Robert Lewis Beilman and his unit [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 242nd infantry...

[Annotator's Note: Glynn G. Raby, Jr. took part in the Battle of Brest, 7 August to 19 September 1944, Brest, France.]...

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