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Robert Tyler Oakes was born in March 1922 in New Albany, Indiana. He enjoyed his youth participated in plays in high...

Freddie Ohr’s friend Leon asked him to go with him into the Air Corps. Ohr walked into a storefront that had been...

Clifford Smith and his unit [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division] were on...

Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...

When Norman Raner got in the landing craft, he was told that the driver had landed on the beach three times, so Raner...

In 1940 Holloman had attempted to volunteer for the Canadian Air Force. He filled out the application and his father...

William Banghart remembers Rommel [Annotator's Note: German Army Generalfeldmarschall, or Field Marshal, Johannes Erwin...

Harley Reynolds and his unit were moving inland toward their objective. The first troops from his unit he ran into were...

Timothy Mahoney wanted to join the Navy because a friend of his was in the Navy. His father told him to wait until he...

Dominic Della Vedova was born in a coal mining camp called Bear Creek west of Ottumwa, Iowa in June 1919. His father...

Howard T. Maki had a section sergeant who was a good looking guy who looked like a soldier. The man fell apart near the...

They were able to keep their sanity because they knew the war was going well for them. Once the front line was going...

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