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William Blanckenburg had an upper middle class upbringing, but they struggled during the Depression. Blanckenburg was...

In Cassino [Annotator's Note: Battle of Monte Cassino, also called Battle for Rome, 19 January to 18 May 1944, Cassino...

Carl Robert Gatlin enlisted in the Army and after training, he was sent to Blackstone, Virginia to be shipped overseas...

Howard T. Maki wanted to stay in the Army but was convinced by family to leave. He missed the service though. He...

Edward J. Leonard remembers they lost the horses and got armored cars and tanks in their place. They were shipped out...

Nicholas John Compagno and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat...

The first plane Dr. Roscoe Brown shot down was a Me-262 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...

William Leo Spaetgens was pulled out of the Navy Armed Guard in January 1945. Many men were removed from that service...

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...

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

Joyce Sherman was not aware of the Holocaust, but she knew about what was going on. She was in high school when she...

Van Barfoot first served with the 1st Infantry Division after he enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia. With the 1st...

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