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Dan Baker’s worst combat moment occurred during his first day in battle outside of Strasburg. A German sniper fired at...

[Annotator's Note: Interview begins in the middle of a story.] When John Caponigro got back to his barracks at Fort...

They had a big fireplace, but it turned out to be a mock fireplace; the place was heated by steam. They lived in the...

John Raaen left Rudder and remnants of his battalion [Annotator’s Note: 5th Ranger Battalion] at the Pointe to...

Leonard Gaj was born in Buffalo [Annotator’s Note: Buffalo, New York] in March 1925. His name, Gaj, is Polish. He had...

Billy P. Bassett stayed in Austria managing resorts for troops for a year and a half after World War 2 ended. He had...

Somewhere around May [Annotator's Note: May 1944], the training became more intense, and Cosmo Uttero knew something...

After induction into the Army, Norris Waddill went to Camp Crowder, Missouri for his basic training. Basic training was...

[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon rejoined the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division as they were...

Edward C. Capron Jr. was drafted into the Army in November 1943 and sent to Camp Beauregard, Louisiana for training. He...

Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld arrived at Stalag III-B [Annotator's Note: near Fürstenberg, Germany] about 30 miles south of...

[Annotator's Note: Larry Cheever can be difficult to understand at times.] Larry Cheever's most memorable experience of...

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