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Arne Samuelson was born in January 1922 in Sandefjord, Norway. He was two years old when he immigrated to America with...

James Livaudais remembers certain names from his combat experience very vividly. Not all of them are mentioned in...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Leslie V. Freeman how it felt to be part of a liberating force.] He felt very...

In 1944,Vernon Schmidt began his military training with a cannon company on the 105mm howitzer [Annotator's Note: M2A1...

John Witmeyer harbored an intense anger toward German soldiers. He punched German prisoners in the face, ran bayonets...

Gerald Claassen was sent home by way of Le Havre [Annotator’s Note: Le Havre, France] and was given a 30-day leave [...

William Splichal was born in May 1924 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His father worked for the city and his mother raised the...

Harry Bell was born in May 1925 and grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated high school in May 1943 and by...

Richard Ford had 180 men in his company with six officers in his LCI [Annotators Note: Landing Craft Infantry] on D Day...

[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] Before John Ryan reached the Siegfried Line, he came...

Emory Maurice Ornelles was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in September 1922. He lived in Waikiki two blocks from the beach...

In France, J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. entered his first combat action [Annotator's Note: with the 28th Infantry Division...

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