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Brooks, James Panama and Italy Tours
James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot] was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone. He was part of a...
Sunken Allied ships creating breakwater off the coast of Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. Sunken Allied freighter ships creating a breakwater in the English Channel. Official caption on reverse: "...
Normandy breakwater made from sunken ships, France, 1944
Photograph. Closeup of a breakwater made from sunken Allied ships. Official caption on reverse: "2963 / From: Public...
LCVP cruising toward Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. American soldiers riding in a LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] in the English Channel. Official...
US servicemen debarking a landing craft off the coast of Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. American servicemen wading towards a smoke-covered beach, as seen from the deck of a landing craft....
Burning LCVP cruising toward Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. Burning LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] cruising toward a coast. Official caption on reverse: "...
Wilkins, Byron England
Byron Othello Wilkins was taught what to do if he became a POW but no one figured they would become POWs. They boarded...
Kaslow, Solis "Sol" Reflections and Postwar
Solis “Sol” Kaslow grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into the Navy...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Wanting to Kick Doolittle
Nobody on Omer Van Huylenbrouck's plane was ever wounded by flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] as far...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 4
Deploying overseas was the first time Stegmeier had ever left the country and it was interesting for him. When they...
Schafer, Leon Effects of the War
Leon Schafer is certain the war affected his life afterwards. Number one, he never left his wife. When he got home, he...
Bertino, Donald Combat in Normandy
Donald W. Bertino arrived at Utah Beach [Annotator's Note: Utah Beach was one of the two American landing beaches in...

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