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Bob Bartlett was born in April 1925 in Binghamton, New York and grew up in Johnson City, New York. He had one older...

Vernon Schmidt's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the day in February 1945 when he lost his three friends....

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was drafted and sworn into the army in July 1942. After taking aptitude tests, he was...

The American troops were taken prisoner, and Alexander Marsh said he marched for three days into the interior of...

Michael Cokinos and the 8th Armored Division moved toward the Rhine River after the Battle of the Bulge. Their orders...

Guy Stern and his fellow intelligence staff were assigned the dismissing of prisoners that seemed to be harmless and...

Gene R. Jerabek [Annotator's Note: a lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps] went overseas to Italy [Annotator's Note:...

William Dabney did not have to take a test to be in the barrage balloon battalion. The instruction was cut and dry and...

Opal James Grapes was born in Franklin County, Virginia in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She grew up on a farm...

John Witmeyer was sent to Camp Pickett, Virginia where roll was called and men were assigned to various outfits. When...

Donald G. Watson's company [Annotator's Note: 271st Engineer Combat Battalion, 71st Infantry Division] moved quickly...

Bernard Hillenbrand fought in World War 2 because he is proud to be an American. When his grandfather immigrated to...

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