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Norman Ikari’s days at Camp Ritchie were numbered. Ikari was sent to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He thought that was...

[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was wounded in France.] Dillon was in the hospital from June to September [Annotator's...

Bernard Knese found out he was going into the Army Air Force when he went to basic training. Basic training lasted two...

Kept waiting, Dominick Sgobbo was disappointed that he didn't get to Normandy until August 1944. The whole 2nd...

Each compound had a command group to deal with the Germans. This also helped the Germans by having commanders over the...

Ray League and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division...

Ed Tunnicliff describes his first combat experience. At the front was a German pilot they called Bed Check Charlie. The...

Vernon Leo Tyler was a cannoneer on gun crews [Annotator's Note: in the 100th Infantry Division]. Gun crew duties...

The hardest part of boot camp was being told what to do. Charles R. Smith was 18 years old when he went in. He had to...

Leila Morrison joined the Army Air Corps and was sent to Denver [Annotator's Note: Denver, Colorado] in 1943. She was...

In February [Annotator's Note: 5 February 1945], Daniel Farley and the rest of the 5th Ranger Battalion got word to...

[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Some crazy things happened to Bernard B. "...

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