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David Roderick experienced a lot of shelling and artillery and snipers when he landed. D Day began at 6:30 in the...

The weather was terrible [Annotator's Note: in England]. Cosmo Uttero cannot recall if he went down into the ship or...

John Marr served as a 1st Lieutenant and commanded 1st Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry...

Murray Stein moved to Florida in 1981 after working for the US Postal Service for 37 and a half years. He was 18 when...

Robert W. "Doby" Gibson left Camp Myles Standish in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] on the troop ship...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Gerald “Gerry”...

Oscar Otto Martin thought that all of World War 2 was a memorable experience. He made many friendships throughout his...

Irving Becker was assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Special Service Force. A book...

Vernon Squire realized that if he was going to make a success of his life, he was going to need to go to college. He...

Harold Roed completed five successful jumps [Annotator's Note: parachute training jumps] and graduated from jump school...

When he arrived in France, Arles J. Doss went to Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lô, France], which had been totally...

Guy Stern had come to Saint Louis, Missouri in 1937 when he was 15 years old to escape Nazi Germany. He tried, but...

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