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Opal Grapes arrived in Scotland after about a five day voyage from the United States. She then traveled by train toward...

Herbert Heilbrun wore long johns under woolen pants with a warm shirt under a Mae West [Annotator's Note: inflatable...

For John Witmeyer, every day in combat brought a new story, and Witmeyer served over 200 days on the front lines as a...

Frank Biondo was on deck crossing the English Channel for D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France...

Kenneth H. Bailey was 20 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

After graduating from advanced training, Second Lieutenant Eugene Vaadi was assigned to the 385th Bombardment Group...

[Annotator's Note: Vernon Squire was wounded in a tank battle near Jülich, Germany on 25 February 1945.] His hands were...

Edward Bonfoy Giller, Jr. and his unit [Annotator's Note: 343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing...

Fred Whitaker remembers some soldiers were decapitated because the Germans would put wires across the roads. They...

Baum recalls that Jewish men did not receive the recognition that the other soldiers did. It was not as bad for the...

Kenneth F. Thomas was captured by the Germans one night. One was an SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel; German...

Robert Maxwell and the 3rd Infantry Division was battle ready when the next objective, Southern France, was assaulted....

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