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Norman Riggsby remained in the hospital for several months while his wounds healed [Annotator’s Note: he had first been...

Charles R. Smith was a senior in high school on 8 December [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941]. They were asked to go...

William Dabney notes that the explosive did not have to be activated before being hauled up with the balloon. They...

James Craig was waiting to get on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] to cross to the beach [Annotator's Note...

Raymond VanDuzer shipped out for England aboard a former luxury liner. There were no available troopships so these...

Austeen Bice’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was in Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion...

Dominic Geraci is proud of his service. He believes it made a man out of him. He is happy he could serve his country....

Hillman James Prestridge's most memorable experience from his time in the service was a mistake between him and a...

President Harry S. Truman was convinced to come to the west coast [Annotators Note: to award Hawk with the Medal of...

Joseph Dean Reilly went from England to Holland in an airplane [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion,...

William H. Biagioni [Annotator's Note: assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry...

Holly Rees was born in January 1926 in Prescott, Arizona. Although he grew up during the Great Depression, his father...

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