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Robert Swift was drafted. He received his draft notice before he turned 18. He was a medic in the 71st Division [...

William Splichal was sent to North Carolina after he was drafted. He was put into the infantry for six months. He went...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Fitts, Jr. served in the Army in the 2nd Platoon mortar squad, Company C, 66th Armored...

Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a communications sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...

[Annotator's Note: Clifford Suthern Hayes fell ill and was sent to a hospital to recover.] Clifford Suthern Hayes was...

Before Vernon Tweedt was discharged in Germany, his then-girlfriend had written him. A pastor had offered her a job...

Elmer Knudsen's first combat was at Fort Driant, about a week after he got off the boat in France. It took him about a...

The Germans had a lot of horsedrawn equipment. Their tanks were good but they were too well engineered. To get a German...

Frank Biondo went to Fort Warren, Wyoming [Annotator's Note: now Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming...

Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] left on D-Day [Annotator's Note...

John Raaen spent time in the hedgerow area of Normandy after Maisy [Annotator’s Note: Maisy was the location of a...

Samuel Lombardo gave Captain Marsh the orders and moved forward into the action. [Annotator's Note: Even though...

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