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Joseph Alter first used his personal weapon on a patrol. He was a reconnaissance officer for his battalion [Annotator's...

Edward Dunne went to England and then made Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France aboard the USS LST-53] as one...

An average escort mission would last for 5 to 6 hours but some lasted 7 hours or more. That was a long time to be in a...

Jack Rolfson had a roommate who would find coal to warm their pot belly stove. He was a mathematician and was always...

Ben Kuroki grew up with Caucasian friends. There were only a few Japanese American families around at the time. The...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] knew nothing about the invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day;...

Earl Forstall went overseas in a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber]. They went on quite...

Archie Maltbie and his outfit [Annotator's Note: the 388th Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group] began flying missions...

Philemon Andrews Saint Amant went to Washington [Annotator's Note: Washington, D.C.] and then went over to Africa [...

Off in the distance they could hear dogs barking. They knew that they were being searched for. They were sitting around...

Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortar man in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...

Alfred Pierse Murphy's most memorable experience was when six planes from his squadron [Annotator's Note: 322nd...

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