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Before they boarded the train, Rothacker Smith and his fellow prisoners were strip searched. Then, 52 men were loaded...

Roger Shaw was changed by World War 2. The war changed the world. Shaw had never been on a boat before, and that was a...

F.M. Richard Simons' worst memories are of the cold and the fear of falling asleep in his foxhole. They had wire with...

George Sichler says that his service made him a better American. He did what he was supposed to do. The country has...

Holloman returned to active duty with the stipulation that he be retained for five years so he could retire. The army...

Harley Reynolds notes that a few of the wounded men were dragging behind. They made it to the trench area. They had men...

Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. was born in Burns, Kansas. His father was a rural mail carrier to support his family...

Not long after the Germans surrendered, Albert Hatala's battalion [Annotator's Note: Hatala was a member of...

During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...

Herman Pbert's mother helped him, and others escape [Annotator's Note: from a Nazi concentration camp in Italy]. His...

[Annotator's Note: William Edwin Howard was part of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Armored Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored...

Thomas Michael Holt was in a prison camp [Annotator's Note: Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland] that the Germans decided to...

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