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Once Wayne Lebsack earned his jump wings, he was sent across the English Channel to an already secure Normandy [...

Kaare Allan Johnson lived one lot away from a movie theater, The Victory Theater [Annotator's Note: in New York, New...

Stegmeier enlisted because everybody was doing it. There was a draft going on and if you didn't enlist you would be...

Paul Zimmer [Annotator's Note: Zimmer is one of Ed Tunnicliff's friends from basic training] moved to Northern...

Upon returning to the United States in mid 1946, Manuel Ruiz turned down the opportunity for a promotion if he agreed...

Heywood Mason crossed the Atlantic to Europe in a big convoy. They were not hassled by submarines and torpedoes as the...

Richard Boyd was wounded on 22 January [Annotator's Note: 22 January 1945]. His Purple Heart was awarded for frozen...

John J. Cupina was assigned to occupation duty after the war ended in Europe because he did not have enough points to...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Vernon Ollar was inducted at...

Dan Baker was born in Marietta, Ohio in 1923. He attended Indiana University and was in the ROTC program. Despite being...

After Utah Beach had been somewhat secure, David Olson and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: 87th Armored Field Artillery...

Leroy Redmond was in Combat Command A, 14th Armored Division, as a tank commander. It was a lot of responsibility and...

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