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Lucien Paul Laborde was named after his grandfathers. He was the third boy in his family. Laborde was born in Vinton,...

Norman Gustaf Benson used the G.I. Bill after the war to attend the University of Maine [Annotator's Note: in Orono,...

Vernon Tweedt was sent back to Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy, after Rome, Italy was liberated June 1944]....

On 25 December 1944, Christmas Day, J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr., boarded the vessel that would take him to the European...

After his homecoming, Henry Freedman met a man at Auburn who was from Atlanta. The two men would hitchhike to Atlanta...

Vernon Leo Tyler was a cannoneer on gun crews [Annotator's Note: in the 100th Infantry Division]. Gun crew duties...

Darold Rice remembers how when he and the other privates reported back for duty no one was at the camp and they joined...

After he was liberated, Anthony Acevedo increased his body weight from 87 pounds to 100 pounds. It took a while for him...

Melvin Dahlberg's first time abroad was in Italy which was very rundown. The local people were begging for food. He...

Abe Milkis took a train home from New York. [Annotator’s Note: he arrived in New York after he returned from Europe...

Ernest Chauvin was drafted and went to basic training at Camp Croft, South Carolina. It was a pretty camp and was...

Richard O. "Otto" Bertz had never been as cold as he was in combat. He still has trouble with his feet and goes to bed...

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