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It only took four days for the ship to cross the Atlantic. They landed in Boston and, after going ashore, Charles Fitts...

Seymour Mermelstein was in Kassel, Germany on 12 April 1945 when President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...

The rains came while Charles R. Smith and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th...

Larris Duhon was assigned to the 300th Engineer Combat Battalion and was sent overseas to Europe from Camp Shanks [...

For Vernon Leopold, being from a Jewish background was unpleasant in Germany as there had been latent anti-Semitism...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a beeping sound throughout the segment.] Joel Arnold was assigned to a meteorological unit...

Warren Leo Lodholz was born in Bonne Terre, Missouri in November 1920. He grew up with four older brothers. His father...

Dominic Geraci was drafted in February 1943. His dad did not feel much about his being drafted. His mom was more upset...

Battle Malone Barksdale was the operations officer for his group [Annotator's Note: the 635th Field Artillery Battalion...

On 8 April [Annotator's Note: 8 April 1944] they got a red flag in the area and they knew they were getting ready to go...

[Annotators Note: Fred Hirsekorn served in the army as a gunner, then tank commander, and finally tank platoon...

Earl Flanagan was discharged in 1946 and returned home to his mother and sister. He found it difficult to adjust back...

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