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Wayne O. Hill remembers how important the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act...

Wallace Hurley faced a division of white camouflaged German soldiers who approached the American lines. The Americans...

Chester Strunk was recruited and enlisted [Annotator's Note: in June 1942] but then told to return to college and await...

William Burrus was only 20 years old when he returned from the war. You have to do what you do, and it is all you can...

The first time Joseph P. Fulco went into combat, he did not know what to expect. When in combat, he immediately hit the...

Harley Reynolds had never been more than 20 or 30 miles away from home. In one day’s time, he more than exceeded that...

Thomas Ballew briefly considered joining the Marine Corps but decided that he would wait to be called up. He was...

Robert Haffner was born in November 1924 on the eastern side of Detroit, Michigan. Haffner remembers growing up in a...

While in Boston, [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] Leon Schafer was ordered to have his seasickness evaluated....

One night, the battalion command sent John Witmeyer on a patrol behind German lines. Witmeyer took six other men out on...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Edwin B. Cottrell was in...

William Leo Spaetgens enlisted in the United States Navy [Annotator's Note: on 22 October 1942]. His parents did not...

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