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After basic training, Don Tallon left Virginia for Africa. The journey took 21 days in a convoy. They had rough weather...

Michael Cokinos had to let the people know that the kids' stomachs were too small to eat certain food at that point....

Vernon Schmidt's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the day in February 1945 when he lost his three friends....

After landing at Le Havre [Annotator’s Note: Le Havre, France], Theodore R. Lee was shipped to an airstrip to be flown...

Clinton Riddle initially wanted to join the US Navy after he graduated from high school but being the only child in his...

In March 1943, Robert "Bob" Rickel was given orders to go through gunnery school. He did not understand why he was...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment. Interviewee has...

Lowell Brueland became Senior Flight Leader before the Normandy D-Day invasion. He had the opportunity to become the...

Russell Clark and Company A [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...

Major Kriz [Annotator's Note: 394th Infantry Regiment's commanding officer] hand-picked the men. They were chosen by IQ...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Guitard was assigned to the Prisoner of War Enclosure 339, Prisoner of War Information Bureau...

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