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After Christmas [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944], Joseph J. Drake was in the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note...

Edward Tipper enlisted in the Army. All paratroopers enlisted. None were drafted. He wanted to join the paratroopers...

Opal James Grapes was born in Franklin County, Virginia in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She grew up on a farm...

To Thomas Ballew, the American flag means a great deal. Hearing the Star Spangled banner being sung still gives Ballew...

William Burrus used the G.I. Bill to attend the University of Alabama [Annotator's Note: in Tuscaloosa, Alabama]. The G...

Even though many of the German pilots were under-qualified the 109 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-109...

[Annotator's Note: Thunder can be heard in the background throughout this clip.] Sam Goldstein had trouble readjusting...

During the first attack the Germans walked toward Milosevich's position. No tanks were sent at them for fear that they...

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

Lyle Bouck was the youngest graduate in his class. He was 18 or 19 years old and the average age of the OCS [Annotator'...

Edward Field was accepted [Annotator's Note: into the United States Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet Program] and was...

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

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