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Only five men survived from the fight on the hilltop. It was the first time Charles Scheffel was wounded. A German had...

Being picked up by his dad at the train station after the war is the most memorable experience of World War 2 for...

After his time in the Army, John Holton Ford returned to the University of Cincinnati [Annotator’s Note: in Cincinnati...

Theodore Finkbeiner and the paratroopers he was with started heading toward Gela. Whenever they heard shooting they...

Walter Sapp's father had been in World War 1 and knew what infantry was about. Sapp did not consult with his family...

Richard "Dick" Willhour returned from a rest camp as the outfit [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Division] was moving...

Robert Kean slept on the way back home, knowing no one was going to torpedo them. It was easy duty at the end of the...

George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: a German prisoner of war] heard news about how the war was going, and that...

After completing high school, George Reitmeier applied, was accepted, and joined the Army Specialized Training Program...

Norris Bucksell says that Rome, Italy is hard to beat. The war ending was great, but Rome was the best. Even the buses...

Robert Guitard was in Florence [Annotator's Note: Florence, Italy] on Christmas Eve [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1945...

Food was extremely scarce for Hugh Colbert and his comrades in German prison camp. Morning rations consisted of a half...

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