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Robert Andry was discharged from the Army in August 1945. He was told he would be able to go on leave [Annotator's Note...

Susumas Ito and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Ito was an instrument sergeant in the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion,...

Wayne Peer and his outfit [Annotator's Note: I...

The hardest part of boot camp was being told what to do. Charles R. Smith was 18 years old when he went in. He had to...

[Annotator's Note: Elmo Bell served in the Army as a sergeant in Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry...

Jerry LaMura remembers hitting the beaches in Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

Julian Siebert was asked soon after the war in Europe if he was ready to go back home. He boarded a ship and returned...

Christa Schneider was born in April 1940 in Breslau, Silesia, the younger of the two daughters in her family. Her...

Bill Schwartz was born in June 1924 in North Plainfield, New Jersey. His family moved around, but he considers...

Russell Schuman was born in 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up with an older brother, who later worked an...

Calvin Carithers was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas in November 1927. He went to school. When he was old enough, he...

Ralph Francis Hogan and his unit [Annotator's Note: 850th Bombardment Squadron, 490th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...

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