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Elmer Knudsen's first combat was at Fort Driant, about a week after he got off the boat in France. It took him about a...

Elliot Goldstein believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

After Sydney Levit rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...

Earl Colson landed in Le Havre, France [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division]. They trained there as they...

Mala [Annotator's Note: née Gerstner] Geldner came from Chrzanów, Poland. The war started in 1939 [Annotator's Note:...

Raymond VanDuzer and his fellow soldiers were able to go into London while he was in England. He and the other American...

Charles Fitts, Jr. had stashed a watch in the one place that the Germans did not search. It was an automatic wristwatch...

After 30 days at home, Walter Ehlers returned to his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry...

In England, Leon Schafer went through a series of training periods. The ship's [Annotator's Note: USS LST-502] crew had...

Vernon Grimes was sent to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], where he boarded a troop ship....

Julian Siebert was taken by his German captors to Stalag XII-A. As far as he could see, there were just American...

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