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Thomas Eakes was born in November 1922 in Beaumont [Annotator's Note: Beaumont, Texas]. He had one older brother. His...

The Germans had the Americans up a tree for six weeks after the landing [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion...

William L. Snow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924, the middle child of three boys born to a father who owned a...

Due to his father’s employment, Norman Weber and his family moved to Berlin. [Annotator’s Note: the family had lived in...

Harold Berkman fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The battle lasted from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. [...

Leon Bass's mother always told him he did not need to use violence to solve a problem. His friends were tough guys....

Robert "Bob" Rickel wanted to fly with his friend, Tony [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Anthony J...

Fred B. Morgan, Junior [Annotator's Note: a medic with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry...

[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was in slave labor camp in Poland, can be very difficult to understand at points...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was a Navy medic assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank]. The LST had two...

During the war, rationing was a way of life in England, according to Constance Cresswell. Each person was allotted two...

Richard Candelaria and his German guards were becoming friends. The guards gave him cognac. The guards put him in a van...

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