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All that Robert S. Rugeley and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 285th Signal Pigeon Company] knew was that racing pigeons...

Jack Madden was in Europe when the war ended. He was delighted. He had not followed the course of the war too closely...

Leslie Aigner was born in Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia. In 1939, the town became part of Hungary. At the time, Aigner was...

Alois Kopp enlisted in the Navy in September 1937 despite the fact he could not swim. He learned fast. He volunteered...

In 1949, Robert Haffner helped establish the Detroit Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association and served as...

During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...

Freddie Ohr learned that his uncle had flown as a top turret gunner in B-25 bombers based in Africa. Ohr did not know...

Hawk estimates that his unit captured around 500 German troops after the engagement for which he was awarded the Medal...

Louis Frydman took advantage of situations and made the best of them. Upon arriving in the United States, he and his...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Nesser about why he was not part of the Murmansk run PQ-17, an Atlantic...

James Craig was a corporal and knew shorthand. A commanding officer wanted him to be his secretary. Craig did not want...

Bernard Ellenberg was born in 1921 in Poland and had five brothers and one sister. His father was born in Austria, and...

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