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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...

Leonard Gaj hit the ground quickly when he jumped [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...

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

Roy Creek remembered taking the bridge at Chef-du-Pont [Annotator's Note: Chef-du-Pont, France]. The bridge was intact...

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

more missions after D-Day and then returned to the United States. He was in Milwaukie on V-E Day and in Louisiana when...

Stewart Hihn's [Annotator's Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] clothing was inadequate....

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