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Seymour Mermelstein was a member of the 1st Special Service Force [Annotator's Note: also referred to as "the Force"],...

They were attempting to cross a river in order to capture an airfield that was suspected of housing German transport...

When Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg returned to Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] the city had vastly changed. Because...

When the division [Annotator's Note: 17th Airborne Division] broke up, Robert Eshback was sent to the 101st [Annotator'...

Gilbert Shawn was not shipped to basic training. Instead, he went to an air field in Kentucky as a cadet. Shawn took a...

Stalag Luft was for airmen only. Luft is the German word for air. There were 8000 or 10000 of them there. There were...

Along with his fellow refugees, Robert Sweatt was taken under guard to London, England. A bombardier from his squadron...

Joseph Pilcher volunteered for the armed forces during World War 2 because he thought it was his duty; he, like...

Harold Berkman fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The battle lasted from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. [...

Robert Max vividly remembered 16 December 1944, day one of the Battle of the Bulge, as the Germans' final major effort...

Edward Nickerson flew home from England to Bangor, Maine. He vaguely remembers coming home. His mother met him. His...

[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg’s first...

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