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Bernard Knese was born in Meppen, Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri in May 1924. He grew up in a farming community....

W. P. “Bill” Allen did not suffer from post-traumatic stress from his war experience. However, just recently he had a...

There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...

William Dabney notes that there was no mingling between white soldiers and black soldiers. When they got overseas they...

Bernard Hillenbrand and his division [Annotator's Note: Hillenbrand was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 18th...

Frank A. Wiswall was a bombardier in the 8th Air Force. His worst missions were to Bremen, Germany, dropping bombs on...

Harley Bridger's crew was sent to Mitchell Field on Long Island, New York. They were assigned a new airplane and they...

Myron L. Guisewhite trained with the Pathfinders [Annotator's Note: 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), 52nd Troop...

Charles Fitts, Jr. was born in December 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He lived there until he was about four years old....

Robert Martin went to upholstery school with the GI Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment...

Harold Beal did not want to stay in the Navy. He had PTSD [Annotator's Note: post-traumatic stress disorder; a mental...

After the bridge [Annotator’s Note: Nijmegen Bridge] was secured, T. Moffatt Burriss and his outfit were moved to a...

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