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Roy Creek knew they did not get enough troops across the bridge [Annotator's Note: the causeway in La Fiere, France]....

Fred Whitaker remembers some soldiers were decapitated because the Germans would put wires across the roads. They...

The 20th Engineers was the first unit to go into Bizerte. George Griffenhagen and his fellow engineers spent the first...

Norman Riggsby started heading for the hedgerows [Annotator’s Note: after reaching the high ground on Omaha Beach, he...

Going overseas was scary for Walter Sapp. He was three decks below seeing daylight. They were in a huge convoy and the...

Coming back to the United States was better than going over for William King. King did not like the regimentation of...

Robert Spint lost a good friend who had gone in the service, was shipped to the Philippines, and was killed when his...

Leonard Lomell and Sgt. Kuhn [Annotator's Note: US Army Staff Sergeant Jack Kuhn] kept advancing forward, but as luck...

Philip Grass remembers the fighting was fierce on Negros [Annotator’s Note: Negros, Philippines]. The Japanese tried to...

After basic training, Leslie V. Freeman went on maneuvers near Sacramento [Annotator's Note: Sacramento, California]....

Gerald Claassen was sent overseas to Europe and assigned to the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, 28th Infantry Division...

Frank Maresca went ashore on the Albert Dock in Liverpool. When they offloaded from the ship there was no one around....

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