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Eveline Peardon moved to the United States in an effort to find work. She was 26 and out of work in Paris. She had...

Lowell Brueland became Senior Flight Leader before the Normandy D-Day invasion. He had the opportunity to become the...

Hillman James Prestridge's most memorable experience from his time in the service was a mistake between him and a...

Walter Trauner went through a line and was told he would be in the Army. He wanted to fly. Basic training was on tank...

Charles R. Smith was a senior in high school on 8 December [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941]. They were asked to go...

Dominic Geraci knew there would be an invasion, but did not know when or where. His was in a replacement unit that...

The weather was terrible [Annotator's Note: in England]. Cosmo Uttero cannot recall if he went down into the ship or...

Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal recalled his first time jumping out of the plane was exciting and apprehensive....

John Marr served as a 1st Lieutenant and commanded 1st Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry...

Wilson Shoughrue was pulled off the line in the last week in January [Annotator's Note: January 1945]. The clouds...

Charles White went through Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944]....

D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] was the most memorable experience Floyd...

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