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Enrique Cervantes felt the urge to join the war effort after the United States' entry into the conflict. His older...

Elmer Nicholson, Jr. was born in September 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He had three sisters and one brother. His...

Dan Baker crossed the Rhine River at Worms over a pontoon bridge. They waited on the German side for two weeks before...

Barbara Pathe was disappointed that she missed the Normandy Invasion. She was sent by train to Brooklyn, New York where...

Johnnie A. Jones, Senior [Annotator's Note: in the 494th Port Battalion, 6th Engineer Special Brigade] was in the...

Peter Du Pre talks at schools about World War 2. He thinks the younger generations have no idea about the war. He feels...

Louis Cardenas remembers they slept on boards. They had sacks and they put hay in them. They were not suffering. They...

Charles Coolidge discusses his reunion with his family. When he got to Camp Atterbury he went to the Top Sergeant and...

Ben Kuroki was amazed that he only saw one Japanese Zero [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, also known...

[Annotator's Note: Vernon Wold fought in the Battle of Struth, Thuringia, Germany on 7 April 1945.] When the German...

Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator taking part in Operation Tidal Wave over Ploiești,...

Before the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division moved out to make an assault on the formidable...

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