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Seymour Reitman was near Aachen, Germany, which was the first German city taken by the Americans. From there, he...

Joe Crandall experienced the most difficult combat when his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Willett was in Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France.] They finally left Lucky Strike and...

Harry Bell ended up in IX-B [Annotator's Note: Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb, Germany]. In the camp was a man who Bell...

Raymond VanDuzer was recommended for a Silver Star but he did not know it at the time. He was awarded two Bronze Stars...

Norman Johnson recalls moving through France and into Germany and how many of the people stood down and surrendered as...

Charles R. Smith went through Bastogne in Belgium [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th...

[Annotators Note: Franklin Denius was an artillery forward observer in Battery C, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th...

They [Annotator's Note: the Germans] had a tank near there but it had been disabled and bombed by the Air Force.They...

[Annotator's Note: Lawrence Angst landed in Normandy, France one week after the 6 June 1944 D-Day invasion]. The heavy...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] In May 1944, Gerald...

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