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Omer Van Huylenbrouck was born in Detroit, Michigan in June 1922. He grew up there. He had two brothers and two sisters...

Antonio C. Rodriquez returned home after the war. It was wonderful to have experienced what he did on his tour of duty...

Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] felt the war was necessary in order to get rid of the Axis leaders. Miksa...

At Fort Sill, Sidney LaPook was just doing dentistry. It was required to have at least seven opposing teeth for the...

Manuel Ruiz's most memorable experience of World War 2 was at the end of the war, and hundreds of people were going...

John Bache-Wiig, Jr.'s name is hyphenated because he is Norwegian. Somebody had married and had two children and both...

Vernon Leopold and his friend Jim Fort, who was another radio operator and original member of the platoon [Annotator's...

One night, the battalion command sent John Witmeyer on a patrol behind German lines. Witmeyer took six other men out on...

Richard Asbury went to Saint-Dizier, France when it was being flooded. He got there expecting to see P-51s [Annotator's...

Robert Martin went to Europe as the radio operator on the USS LST-515. It was cold. Everyone had to stand watch. He...

Emory Maurice Ornelles felt World War 2 was the last good war. The Americans all pulled together and were united. They...

John Sacks' first mission was to Bremen, Germany to hit an oil refinery in that city. When they got over the target the...

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