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Edward J. Manzi’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing a lot of dead bodies. He fought because he was...

Robert Wolff was sent to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. Wolff had been promoted to first lieutenant...

Joseph Geary was born in Dallas, Texas in February 1924. He was an only child and was pampered by his parents. His...

Wayne Peer anticipated being drafted. The armed forces had few restrictions to defer service. Peer was inducted at Fort...

Richard "Dick" Loges received orders for overseas deployment. He and his wife went to Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston...

Richard J. O’Brien was born in September 1924 in Wessington, South Dakota with three sisters. Richard only lived in...

[Annotator's Note: After his brother was killed on active duty, Charles Taylor was transferred off of the USS Absecon (...

John Kerner was in the Battle of Mortain [Annotator's Note: Operation Lüttich, German counterattack during Battle of...

Freddie Ohr found out it was that bullet that ricocheted off his helmet and went into the cushion. His leader made a...

John Witmeyer served in five armies of the US Army through six campaigns in the European Theater of World War 2. He had...

[Annotator's Note: Dwain Luce was commissioned in the Army and completed his active-duty requirement in 1938.] Luce was...

Floyd Dumas believes that they could have taken Rome if they had not been stopped. They were ordered to dig in and...

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