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Charles R. Brown was born in March 1925 in Port Townsend, Washington as an only child. His parents split when he was...

Kenneth H. Bailey fought in World War 2 without hesitation. You had to go over. Conscientious objector was not in his...

When Anthony Acevedo first arrived at Berga he could not see the camp. There were political prisoners there but they...

Philip Schmidt received his orders to go overseas in November 1944. In the year and a half he was at Fort Polk [...

Stanley Jack Birnbaum fell into his landing craft before landing at one of the American beaches at Normandy about five...

Vernon Breen says that during the trip across the North Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean], the weather was...

Robert Swift was born in August 1925. He grew up on a farm without electricity. Everything was horse drawn. The farm...

Richard Willett does not recall exactly where they crossed the border into Germany. They had not been told they were...

Robert Max realized this was now a struggle for life. Bogged down for short time at Saint-Lo, his troop took off by...

Elmer Nicholson, Jr. remembers the Germans had patrols. Both sides knew they were not going anywhere. The Germans did...

Rodney Charles Fraser had nightmares after his time in combat [Annotator’s Note: Fraser was serving with the 29th...

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