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Wilford E. Hastings was very fortunate to not be in combat during the war. His most memorable experience during World...

Homer Cole parlayed his skill at bowling alley management plus his people skills to begin a political career in 1985 as...

James Livaudais knew when he was given an order, he had to respond. When the man in front stepped off, the next...

Benjamin Wolf Cohen got his legal middle name after he contracted Polio as a young child. He was cured miraculously...

William Kracov entered Austria [Annotator's Note: near war's end as a scout for heavy weapons Company M, 3rd Battalion...

After making it into Germany [Annotator's Note: after being liberated from the Landsberg subcamp of Dachau...

Marvin H. Gohlke did not plan to be a hero. His goal was to do what he had to and to survive. The 94th Division [...

After Sicily, Floyd Dumas went to Salerno. The fighting there was not much different than it had been in Sicily except...

Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force out of...

Robert Swift was drafted. He received his draft notice before he turned 18. He was a medic in the 71st Division [...

Joseph Lesniewski , Shifty Powers [Annotator's Note: Staff Sergeant Darrell C. "Shifty" Powers] and another guy were to...

Robert Bueker had navigation training in Hondo, Texas. He was in San Antonio [Annotator's Note: San Antonio, Texas] on...

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