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

James Flannigan said the replacement lieutenants came in all sorts and he particularly remembered one who earned the...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Assigned as a gunner in the...

John Caponigro feels war changes the attitude of humans. Unless a person has been in a war, they cannot appreciate the...

Guy Stern rarely interrogated civilians during the war. His partner, Kurt Jasen did interrogate some German businessmen...

Delbert Franklin Hackman was born on a farm near Havana, Illinois in September 1919. He grew up on a farm and worked...

Edward Shames was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1922. He can recall the Great Depression, but it wasn't as severe in his...

Herbert W. Ridyard was called up for service on his birthday, 6 July [Annotator's Note: 6 July 1943]. He had previously...

Herbert W. Ridyard turned down a leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] to...

They [Annotator's Note: Bradford Clark Freeman and his fellow paratroopers in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...

Kaare Allan Johnson's unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...

Wayne Pierce and his regiment were moved to an airbase in the south of England in anticipation of the start of the...

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