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William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was on the beach [...

To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....

Ralph F. Lafferty did not get to see his brother often, despite being in the same regiment [Annotator's Note: Lafferty...

Vernon Baker continues to describe his Medal of Honor actions in Italy. He began cutting wire on the hill. The wire was...

[Annotator's Note: Norman Kinsey arrived home from Europe in October 1945.] He drove down to Baton Rouge [Annotator's...

John Baldori served overseas in the Mediterranean [Annotator’s Note: under US Army General Mark Wayne Clark] and...

In late May 1945, because Frank Finklang did not have enough points to go home, he was transferred to 346th Bombardment...

Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. was sent overseas to Scotland and then took a train to Tidworth Barracks in Southern England....

John Vessey and his unit headed to Fort Dix to prepare to go overseas. They were supposed to go on a French ship but it...

James Read Kirk had never been out of the country before. He went to Bangor, Maine and practiced flying in formations....

John Robert Mannarino [Annotator's Note: after serving as a translator for the US Army in North Africa and Italy] left...

Avon is 60 miles south of Mitchell, South Dakota. George McGovern spent the first three years of his life in Avon. He...

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