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William Leo Spaetgens enlisted in the United States Navy [Annotator's Note: on 22 October 1942]. His parents did not...

Curtis Renner was in an air Rescue squadron [Annotator’s Note: attached at times to the Ninth Air Force] to rescue...

[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2.]. Wilhelm Gehlen hopes...

Currey recalled combat along the Siegfried line as being like combat anywhere. They are shooting at you and you are...

Eva Nathanson's first memory of the Holocaust was the Saturday after Sabbath [Annotator's Note: a day of religious...

Word from intelligence was that Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] would make a stand in Bavaria [...

When he was told that he would be trained aboard ship as a gunner, Robert Fitz was "mystified." He arrived at the main...

[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. After being assigned to an air crew, Chester...

When in port, Thomas Payn said the Canadians interacted with American troops. He recalled one incident at a barroom in...

The Army moved Leno E. Stone and the 44th Division [Annotator's Note: 44th Infantry Division] by train to an area close...

Fred A. Stecher was born in November 1923 in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up on a farm in Etna, Ohio with his parents,...

Freddie Ohr made a dozen passes over the airfield. They went up to provide cover when the top flight went down. Finally...

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