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James Kemp McLaughlin was born in Charleston, West Virginia in December 1918. He grew up on a small farm and attended...

Charles Coolidge left Camp Edwards near Boston to go to New York before going overseas. He was at sea for 13 days then...

Gerard Halpern graduated from high school in May or June of 1943. He applied to City College and started classes there...

William Leo Spaetgens was born on a farm in Roberts Cove near Crowley, Louisiana in 1922. He had eight siblings but one...

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...

[Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote’s daughter steps in and asks a few questions.] The government had prohibited the...

On 9 June [Annotator's Note: 9 June 1944, during the Normandy invasion], they sent out platoons into a couple of fields...

Harley Reynolds and his unit disembarked from Sicily near the beach where they landed. There was a convoy on the way...

Frank Mancuso served in an antitank company in the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He had a platoon of...

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...

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