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Earl Flanagan was born in Harvey, Illinois in December 1924. He grew up with three older sisters and a large extended...

The 85 gallon fuselage tank [Annotator's Note: on the North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] was an afterthought...

The rains came while Charles R. Smith and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th...

John Gibbons met his future wife in Kansas before deploying overseas. Gibbons acted as the copilot for the flight...

Guy Stern feels that calling something memorable can be both positive and negative. Getting to his hometown of...

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

Walter Sapp returned to the United States in April 1946. He tried to go to school. He selected four or five colleges he...

Herbert W. Ridyard benefited from his service and combat all during his later life. It helped him physically, mentally...

Gerard Halpern finished high school in 1943 then took one semester at a City College before dropping out and joining...

When they left the village [Annotator's Note: during fighting in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France], Zawada rode in...

When the New Year [Annotator's Note: 1945] came, Robert Snyder's 67th Armored Regiment [Annotator's Note: Snyder was a...

Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was liberated by Russian soldiers [Annotator's Note: he was a prisoner of war in Stalag III-B...

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