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Edward Dunne's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-53] had a big ramp that the tanks would go off of. There were six...

Raymond Eugene Overcash was born in Lanett, Alabama in 1923. He was drafted in 1943. He did his basic training in...

On the night of 5 June 1944, Oscar Otto Martin went into town to celebrate his birthday with friends. On his way back...

Leonard Jindra crossed the English Channel en route to the amphibious invasion of Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day;...

Late on the night on 5 June 1944, John Marr and the men of Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment boarded their...

Harold Paul [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division]...

Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...

The D Day assembly plans for paratroopers like John Marr were completely forgotten in the chaos of the jump. The...

[Annotator's Note: On 5 June 1944, Edward Nacey and his crew were briefed about their mission for D-Day, the Allied...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden thought that...

Benjamin "Dusty" Rhoads departed from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and arrived in London [Annotator'...

Burt Richard Sadler remained on the ship all night. The next day, he heard the anchor rise, and the ship went into the...

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