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Bastogne was very cold. There, Edward Shames' platoon mostly executed patrolling actions. Shames relates that his...

Schmedemann's career was in his hands. He wanted to go to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth,...

[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] Before John Ryan reached the Siegfried Line, he came...

[Annotator's Note: William Nesser was in training aboard a commercial transport vessel when the Japanese attacked Pearl...

Jesse Schraub was transferred to an infantry unit when the Army Specialized Training Program [Annotator's Note: Army...

There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...

Jack Madden was transported on the old 40 and 8 train cars to his destination [Annotator's Note: following PT boat...

Jack A. Smithson was born in Malvern, Arkansas in 1923. As a kid, he worked in the sawmill there. At about 15, Smithson...

George Miles [Annotator's Note: serving with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] met Polette...

Richard Ford was pinned down by a German machine gun. He was up against a hedgerow so tight that he could not move. The...

German civilians were wonderful people to Robert Boeke [Annotator's Note: with the 341st Infantry Regiment, 86th...

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