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John Stanley Lee Swarts was born and raised in Wright City, Missouri in February 1925. He had a brother and three...

The Germans had the Americans up a tree for six weeks after the landing [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion...

Lawrence Angst never became a doctor because he could not. He came back and recovered from his injuries, but he could...

Joseph Dean Reilly and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,...

Francis Dymnicki attempted to become a pilot in the Air Force. Half of his friends wanted to do the same. Dymnicki was...

Josephine Pescatore would do it all again tomorrow if she had the same kind of troops, which she is sure they are....

A.C. Thomas was part of the liberation of POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] in Lindberg [Annotator’s Note:...

John W. Marr was born in Johnson County, Missouri in May 1918. He grew up on a farm and moved farms twice during his...

Thomas Eakes was born in November 1922 in Beaumont [Annotator's Note: Beaumont, Texas]. He had one older brother. His...

Theodore Vallas was a member of Torpedo Squadron 7 serving as a navigator and bombardier [Annotator's Note: flying from...

George F. Mills most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he landed on the beaches of Normandy [Annotator's...

Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the suburb of Cicero. Right...

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