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Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California. He remembers his childhood as being unremarkable; his...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was born February 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee. His family was in the bakery and restaurant...

Robert Boeke [Annotator's Note: with the 341st Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Division] went to Manila [Annotator's...

Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortar man in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...

[Annotator's Note: Various noises are heard in the background throughout this clip.] Manuel Ruiz was frightful in...

Robert S. Rugeley [Annotator's Note: with the 285th Signal Pigeon Company] oversaw prisoners at Dachau [Annotator's...

Walter Sapp had been in his foxhole for eight days. He could not stand or walk. Two men lifted him out and he woke up...

Josephine Pescatore prayed when Cardinal Spellman gave a talk to a large group of troops before she went overseas....

Philip Schmidt was born in June 1922 in Alton, Iowa. It was a small town with not much entertainment and few friends....

Isadore Bronstein returned to civilian work on 18 March [Annotator's Note: 18 March 1946]. His family had spent time...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells a story about another soldier talking about hand-to-hand combat.] Joseph...

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