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Richard Duchossois was born in October of 1921 in Chicago. His whole family lived, and still lives, in Chicago....

Herbert W. Ridyard arrived at battalion headquarters prior to the advance on Sinz, Germany and was sent to find a...

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary served with the...

George Roberts and his crew were sent to Hampton Roads, Virginia where they boarded the USS Argentina [Annotator's Note...

Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] was almost totally destroyed. That was Hitler's [Annotator's Note: German...

Robert Jones was a late replacement pilot and went overseas in a convoy. It was so rough that for three days, they did...

After Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lô, France], Joseph Alter and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 1340th Engineer...

[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Everything was different for Bernard B. "Bernie...

Manfred Bahman and his family fled Dresden [Annotator’s Note: Dresden, Germany] after the Allies had destroyed the city...

Before he could finish his schooling, Philip Schmidt was drafted into the Army. He knew several people that had been...

Thomas Bondola received his training with a regiment in his division [Annotator’s Note: 26th Infantry Division, no...

After going past the site of the Malmedy Massacre, they kept going and their next major battle was in a town called...

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