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James O. Evans was born in 1925 in Rustin, Louisiana. His father owned a cotton farm and from an early age Evans worked...

During the battle in the Parroy Forest in eastern France, John Witmeyer had two Sherman tanks at his disposal to break...

Clarence Herbert Weatherwax was at home on the morning of the attack. He heard a loud explosion but did not know what...

Cecil K. Bell crossed near Corsica to Southern France [Annotator's Note: during Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern...

Basil C. Hoehn is glad he served and learned a lot from being in the service, but is glad it’s over. His most memorable...

Robert Harvey Heinly was born in February 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He remembers using ink wells in school. The...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Upon receiving his...

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

Robert A. Stachel was born in June 1924 in Hamtramck, Michigan. Growing up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the...

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

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was assigned to the Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-502 for the invasion of Europe.] Because...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer explaining what he will be doing during the interview....

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