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Arthur Albertson remembers meeting the Russians after crossing a river into Germany. The war was still in full blast....

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

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...

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

Leon Schafer is certain the war affected his life afterwards. Number one, he never left his wife. When he got home, he...

Donald W. Bertino arrived at Utah Beach [Annotator's Note: Utah Beach was one of the two American landing beaches in...

Arthur Albertson was looking forward to going overseas. He wanted to go to Europe, not to the Pacific. He went to...

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

Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...

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