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Carl Payne told his men they had to be in operation as quickly as possible. [Annotator’s Note: Payne was stationed in...

Melvin Dahlberg finds it hard to point to one experience from the war that is the most memorable. The blast that...

Frank Maresca started his basic training in January [Annotator's Note: January 1944]. He was first sent to Fort Dix for...

James Alspaugh went to basic training in Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia]. The staff had been...

John L. Cowan was asked to teach incoming recruits how to handle a Garand rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-...

Harold Roed was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926. He had an older brother, who was also in the service, and a younger...

Norman Riggsby worked as an MP [Annotator’s Note: military policeman] and as a judge. When they not on motorcycle...

They thought they were going to head back to the United States. They practiced close order drill. On the 16th of...

Herbert W. Ridyard turned down a leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] to...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Assigned as a gunner in the...

Tom Quigley grew up playing polo and riding horses and initially volunteered to serve with the cavalry in the army....

Walter Trauner remembers the people were nice. They were taken over by the Nazis. He had cousins who were in the German...

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