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William Leo Spaetgens was changed by World War 2. He hated school with a passion. After making it to the tenth grade,...

Frank Mancuso’s unit went back to Naples to get more replacements and newer landing craft, landing onshore without...

Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...

Henry Phillips' most vivid memory of the war is how well the Nazis proved themselves as being the worst horror that was...

Clinton Riddle spent three Christmases away from home due to his service in the Second World War. He spent his first...

Clinton Riddle initially wanted to join the US Navy after he graduated from high school but being the only child in his...

Walter Ehlers rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry...

Harley Reynolds and his unit were given a specific assignment. The planners were aware that their beachhead was...

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...

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