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John Poole was born in Mercy, Texas in 1923. The Great Depression represented hard times for Poole. His father had a...

Gerard Dillon learned from working with General Howell [Annotator's Note: US Army Brigadier General George P. Howell]...

After the war, Earl Flanagan worked for the Military Government because of his ability to speak French. Only two months...

Seymour Mermelstein and the 1st Special Service Force [Annotator's Note: Mermelstein was a member of 3rd Company, 1st...

[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Meyer was assigned as a rifleman with...

After he recovered sufficiently in the hospital, John Witmeyer was sent back to the front lines in January of 1945...

Ed Rendelman found that just surviving the war was the best experience he had in the combat. Seeing those wounded...

John Holton Ford was deployed to France and joined the 3rd Army [Annotator’s Note: he was a second lieutenant battalion...

After six weeks in a hospital, Vernon Brantley was put in a replacement unit. He missed out on the Colmar expedition [...

In Sidney LaPook's next bivouac, German pilots, called Bed Check Charlie by the GIs, buzzed them late at night and...

Richard "Dick" Willhour landed in Marseilles, France [Annotator's Note: with the 100th Infantry Division] and moved out...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Yeagely was part of the Army of Occupation in Europe after the war ended.] They had food and...

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