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Charles R. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1924. His father was a window washer. His mother was a housewife...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] which hit a mine not far the...

The next day, John Mock was flown to Rheims, France in a C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft]...

After the war, Robert Boeke adjusted back to civilian life easily. He was anxious to start a job. He wanted to go back...

Whiney Harris was born in August 1912 in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington and the...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. remembers the mission flown to Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria]. Although the 8th...

The mission that sticks out the most to Bob Goebel was flown on 18 August [Annotator's Note: 18 August 1944]. There was...

Ed Tunnicliff rode on a troop train that was just box cars. There was nothing in the box cars so they had nothing to...

Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a Communications Sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...

Lewis Guidry was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana in January 1919. The Great Depression affected his life in many ways...

Harold Shook was born in April 1920 in Portland, Oregon, one of two children born to his mother, who died when he was...

With his unit [Annotator's Note: 511th Engineer Light Ponton Company], Reginald Duncan arrived in Arlon, Belgium and...

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