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Henry Langrehr grew up during the Great Depression in Clinton [Annotator's Note: Clinton, Iowa]. It was a hard time....

A tech sergeant [Annotator's Note: stationed with Irvin Kennedy in the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment...

When Robert W. "Doby" Gibson got out of the service in 1946, he reenlisted for three more years. He was not sent to the...

Onesi recalls his time in the prisoner of war (POW) camps. If they were not sergeants, they would have been better off...

Kaare Allan Johnson's unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...

Edwin Slomka was in the hospital until June [Annotator's Note: June 1945], when he was shipped down to the George...

Roswell Weil was on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: Omaha Beach, Normandy, France] bringing in supplies. His depot [...

Robert "Bob” Ruiz [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, stationed in England] flew...

Louise Post Ritter recalls the celebrations of VE Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] and VJ Day...

Charles Scheffel notes that had anyone else been there they would have done the same thing. There are people fighting...

William Splichal was sent to North Carolina after he was drafted. He was put into the infantry for six months. He went...

Milosevich did not know of the plan to pull back.The Germans flanked the position and captured hole after hole. They...

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