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Witmeyer, John "J.J." Fighting in the Hedgerows
John Witmeyer boarded ship on 5 June 1944 for transport across the English Channel. Before Witmeyer crossed the channel...
Solice, Leroy Prewar Life, Family, and the Draft
Leroy "Lee" Solice was born in April 1927 in Robeline, Louisiana with one sister and two brothers. His father married...
Boeke, Robert Accepting the Surrendering Germans
Robert Boeke was assigned a jeep as a part of his intelligence and reconnaissance [Annotator's Note: as part of the...
Foster, Robert Combat, Fear, and Death
The first time somebody shoots at you, the bullet pops when it goes past your head. Robert E. Foster remembers that...
Sapp, Walter Prewar Life
Walter Sapp was born in Jacksonville, Florida in January 1926. His mother was visiting her parents on vacation when he...
Miksa, Robert Combat Recognitions and Grief
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] received the Silver Star, Bronze Star with an arrowhead and the Purple Heart...
Jostad, Glen The Heydekrug Run
Glen Jostad and other POWs were evacuated from their initial Stalag [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug,...
Rupp, Robert Seeing the Coming War
Robert Rupp was born in 1918 in Aurora, Nebraska. He lived there until he went to college. The worst of the Great...
Bucksell, Norris Racism Abroad and At Home
In basic training, Norris Bucksell had a new lieutenant who would not give him a paycheck because his mustache needed...
Scheerer, Richard Wounded and Evacuated
When Richard Scheerer was hit he had shell fragments in the heart sack and his left lung. They were in the hedgerows at...
Zingheim, John Reflections
Dr. John Julien Zingheim does not think the war changed him. He was not bitter about being forced to go to war. The...

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