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William Cassady’s last mission was Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

Chester David was born in March 1924 in Lacassine, Louisiana. He was the youngest of one brother and two sisters and...

Harley Harned’s duty was light after this [Annotator’s Note: the war’s end in May 1945] with many opportunities for...

Joseph Taliancich did basic training at Camp Beauregard [Annotator’s Note: Camp Beauregard, Louisiana], then he was...

David Paul Spencer heard about the end of the war through the paper. Spencer remembers that he had to go through...

[Annotator's Note: Vernon Tweedt was at the Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy and was present when the Allies bombed the...

Shirley Guidry remained in Europe for a year after the war. Germany was devastated. It is amazing that it was rebuilt....

Asked if he had any problems with post traumatic stress disorder, he said he had some problems with loud, sudden noises...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Elfriede Clausen what she thought about the Berlin Wall, a concrete barrier...

When the break though in the Bulge came [Annotator's Note: the beginning of the German Ardennes Offensive, also...

Frieda Weinreich woke up after the train stopped. They had reached the Auschwitz concentration camp [Annotator's Note:...

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