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Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...

Sol Lazinger saw his first dead American on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: Omaha Beach, Normandy, France] in the water...

J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. was in a hospital recovering from wounds when he learned about the end of war in Europe. He was...

Robert Walter does not have any very bad or very good memories of the war. All of his memories have their places. There...

Clarence Gomberg served as a medic on Hospital Train 5, also referred to as the 78th Hospital Train. The first time he...

Eugene T. Leavy was born on 26 November 1925 in New York City. At a young age, he moved with his family to the Jamaica...

Thomas Eakes had basic training at Ellington Field [Annotator's Note: now Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base] in...

Virgil Clayton Moen did not suffer from post traumatic stress or any other psychological issues after returning from...

When Robert Swift had gone into the war he was a farm boy. While he was overseas his brother-in-law talked his father...

Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force at...

Robert Guitard and his family listened to the news of the war over the radio. One of his brothers was in the 5th Army...

The next morning, possibly around 3 am, Baldwin and the rest of Cannon Company were told to get ready to go ashore. To...

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