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Kaare Allan Johnson was drafted in the Army in March 1943. He was sent to Camp Upton, Long Island [Annotator's Note:...

Michael Cokinos had to let the people know that the kids' stomachs were too small to eat certain food at that point....

His most memorable experience of the war was when Otis Gatewood was shot and captured. There was a time when he wasn't...

The infantry was expecting General Patton's [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.] army...

John J. Cupina could not wait to drink a milk shake when he returned home. He was discharged in June [Annotator's Note...

Howard Genrich had an accident while disassembling a .50 caliber machine gun. His finger was caught in the bolt and he...

Charles Scheffel was wounded twice in Sicily, once in the arm and a fragment in his leg. Scheffel went back to the aid...

John R. Eisenach [Annotator’s Note: assigned as a medic with the 173rd General Hospital] boarded a ship and headed for...

John Lillibridge’s most memorable experience in World War 2 was VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...

After completing his training, Mort Walker volunteered for overseas duty because he had heard that once the war was...

For Gerard Halpern the trip from the United States to Italy was unremarkable except that they ran out of food near the...

In Europe, they said the Americans were happy-go-lucky all the time and they were. There was a saying, "some people...

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