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Edward J. Leonard was in a National Guard unit that was federalized. They put out a call for volunteers. Leonard had a...

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

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was sent overseas [Annotation...

Erwin Blonder was trained as a Forward Observer. He began his military career in 1939. He was required to complete ROTC...

Johnny Ngai did his basic training in Macon, Georgia around February [Annotator's Note: February 1942]. He trained with...

Edward LaPorta was a halftrack driver during his first battle. He remembers that they had nothing to fight with except...

William Leo Spaetgens returned to Treasure Island near San Francisco after his leave at home. At that point, he was...

[Annotators note: Charles Coolidge starts this segment in the middle of conversation as the camera started recording...

The little country towns in Italy were all dirty to Raymond Cauble. The big cities, like Foggia, were good cities. He...

The war had been going on for about three years, and when Bryan Compton landed in southern France [Annotator's Note: on...

When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...

Robert Jagers probably made 25 to 30 trips across the Channel [Annotator's Note: the English Channel aboard the USS LST...

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