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On 10 June 1942 Sidney LaPook graduated from NYU Dental College. He became engaged to his future wife that same day. At...

Jack Rolfson was anxious to fly his first mission. He recalled he could not sleep the night before. At the time he flew...

Otis Barnes was born in Texas. He grew up when times were tight. His father was able to raise vegetables. Times were...

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

The next shocking thing Vernon Breen remembers was that as the war was winding down, a lot of the Germans got out of...

Freddie Ohr notes that another day LeMay [Annotators Note: USAAF then USAF General Curtis LeMay] landed and was looking...

Theodore Vallas was a member of Torpedo Squadron 7 serving as a navigator and bombardier [Annotator's Note: flying from...

Johannes Aalders started secondary school in 1943 [Annotator's Note: in Apeldoorn, Netherlands]. The headmaster had to...

In June 1943, Don Carter was drafted with 60 other boys from his town [Annotator's Note: Hornell, New York]. They...

Otto Kirkpatrick went to college after he got back from the war. Before the war, he was working for the conservation...

[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...

The worst ride Jack Sinise had was when he came back [Annotator's Note: from the war in Europe]. He was sent to a...

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