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The Italian campaigns were the toughest part of Nicholas John Compagno's World War 2 experience. Being part of the 36th...

During that period, the Russian prisoners got along with the American prisoners. One of them made a cigarette case for...

James Kemp McLaughlin was born in Charleston, West Virginia in December 1918. He grew up on a small farm and attended...

Around February or March 1943, Robert Jagers was told to report to LST-351 [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351, a...

The French Foreign Legion decided to fight with the Allies. Charles Scheffel stayed in the tunnel in Algiers that night...

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...

Joyce Sherman left the service and got married. She does not think she was really any different due to the war. Maybe...

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

Dominic Della Vedova completed landings in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of North Africa,...

During the Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio; 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944; Anzio, Italy] breakout, Robert...

[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...

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