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[Annotator's Note: Ivan Van der Pool points on a map to various locations he saw in North Africa.] Ivan Van der Pool...

Roger Shaw made a big mistake in his first opportunity as a ship's captain. He was assigned to an Army transport and...

The uniform pants Walter Barnes wore were baggy and the jackets hung out. The uniform was made of a canvas type...

Barney Hajiro was involved in major combat prior to the battle of 29 October. [Annotator's Note: On 29 October 1944,...

Harley Reynolds notes that when the sun went down that night fighters would sweep over German positions dropping flares...

Edward J. Leonard was shipped to Italy in May 1943. The first day they were in combat. Leonard had a map of the area he...

William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the US Army Air Forces] was about 20 miles away from where Mussolini [...

Bryan Compton states that the Germans used the medics' red cross as a target. When they were moving out, his outfit [...

Robert Jagers' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351] had no defensive weapons. They started out with three-inch 50s...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] After returning home from World War 2,...

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

Walter Broll and the Grace Abbott left Bari the day after the attack. It appeared that the Abbott may have been the...

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