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William McCowen signed on to a crew for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: 1950 to 1953] and was sent overseas to Kadena...

William Pena remembers how after suffering heavy casualties his battalion was diminished to the size of practically one...

Bernard Hillenbrand fought in World War 2 because he is proud to be an American. When his grandfather immigrated to...

As soon as William "Bill" Parker returned to the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, he was put on patrol...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was drafted and sworn into the army in July 1942. After taking aptitude tests, he was...

Close to Nancy, France, William Jucksch first engaged in combat. His division [Annotator's Note: Jucksch served in the...

After landing at Le Havre [Annotator’s Note: Le Havre, France], Theodore R. Lee was shipped to an airstrip to be flown...

Julian Siebert was born in Westmoreland, Kansas in 1923. Growing up during the 1930s, he saw that everyone was hard up...

Joseph Dean Reilly [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st...

Carl Platkin was in England for a week before he flew his first mission. He went down to a briefing at four o’clock in...

A few days later, Gerhard Franzky was caught by surprise as the allies launched Operation Market Garden. On 17...

[Annotator's Note: Francis Hurd served as a truck driver in Company B, 291st Engineer Combat Battalion. He saw action...

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