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William Kracov did not particularly like basic training, but he felt prepared afterward. He sailed right to Europe on...

Ed Tunnicliff rode on a troop train that was just box cars. There was nothing in the box cars so they had nothing to...

After basic training, Donald Rudolph Carlson was shipped to Fort Bliss, Texas for training in an anti-aircraft battery...

Warren William "Bill" Allen, Junior was born in January 1924 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He grew up with two younger...

Robert Whelan was able to take a tour through the concentration camp at Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau, Germany]...

In August 1944 Thomas Ballew’s unit [Annotator's Note: the 231st Searchlight Battalion] got orders to go overseas. They...

Kalil did not think he was going to survive after seeing all the Germans in the town. All he remembers from getting hit...

Standifer had been eating well and sleeping well in the hospital. He was put into a boxcar and shipped to the front. He...

After Charles Kitching was discharged from the Army [Annotator’s Note: in December 1946], he drank a lot and talked...

Robert Boeke remembers Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] as the most...

Donald W. Bertino got on a bus in Windber [Annotator's Note: Windber, Pennsylvania] and was inducted in Harrisburg,...

Lorenzo Dow Crews fought in World War 2 because "it was the thing to do." He was ready to go after the Japanese...

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