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Stanley James Thurston was not provided basic training. After enlistment, he was sent to a pigeon outfit [Annotator's...

As a veteran, John Witmeyer believes in the importance and the value of history, especially the history of World War 2...

[Annotator's Note: Interview begins with interviewer introducing himself.] John Henry Mock was born in September 1925...

Alexander Marsh was in charge of three 57mm anti-tank guns and a platoon of 20 to 25 men. At night he could hear the...

When they started moving east from Hoffen [Annotator's Note: Höfen, Germany], Phillip Candella said the 99th [Annotator...

Richard Ford notes that they really got nailed at the Elbe River. They moved up to an area one afternoon and the next...

Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a communications sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...

William Splichal played in the Army band in Alaska for two years. They had many USO shows [Annotator's Note: United...

After being wounded [Annotator's Note: on 4 October 1944], Sol Lazinger was given morphine and brought behind the lines...

Raymond Mason remembers that his commanding officer had to make sure people knew that he was the boss. He understood...

Kenneth J. Hanson [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 410th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division] recalled a time...

Before Vernon Tweedt was discharged in Germany, his then-girlfriend had written him. A pastor had offered her a job...

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