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John Holton Ford was born in October 1921 in Hamilton, Ohio. He was also raised there. After the war, the family moved...

William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...

Erna Louise Deiglmayr was born in Antwerp, Belgium. She had a close family. Her mother was one of many children. She...

Irvin C. Klimas was born in Wheeling, West Virginia in October 1920. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks what...

Bill Connelly believes that we [Annotator's Note: the United States] accomplished something with the result of World...

Eugene W. Chambers enlisted in the Air Force and was called up on 27 January 1943. He took a train to Cincinnati [...

Crump got to Panteloria and was alongside the dock. All of the German prisoners of war did the work. They were younger...

Chester Strunk had not received mail from home during his last year as a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war]. When...

Jack A. Smithson went where the big guns [Annotator's Note: 90mm antiaircraft guns M1/M2/M3; Smithson was in the 124th...

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

Thomas Payn discussed how the allied ships detected U-boats [Annotator's Note: German submarines], and what happened...

[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward went overseas with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division on 16...

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