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James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot] was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone. He was part of a...

Photograph. American soldiers riding in a LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] in the English Channel. Official...

Photograph. American servicemen wading towards a smoke-covered beach, as seen from the deck of a landing craft....

Photograph. Burning LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] cruising toward a coast. Official caption on reverse: "...

Photograph. Sunken Allied freighter ships creating a breakwater in the English Channel. Official caption on reverse: "...

Photograph. Closeup of a breakwater made from sunken Allied ships. Official caption on reverse: "2963 / From: Public...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into the Navy...

Byron Othello Wilkins was taught what to do if he became a POW but no one figured they would become POWs. They boarded...

The Germans were good soldiers, well-trained, had good equipment, and did not want the Americans there. Thomas J....

In July 1944, Richard "Dick" Schneider found himself with an extremely painful wisdom tooth. The dentist had a terrible...

Nobody on Omer Van Huylenbrouck's plane was ever wounded by flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] as far...

Jerry LaMura was sent to a hospital in Long Island [Annotator’s Note: Long Island, New York] and then to Washington D.C...

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