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Ernest Chauvin and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 272nd Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] In May 1944, Gerald...

After returning to Jefferson Barracks [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri], the military wanted to keep Bernard...

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

Walter Broll and the Grace Abbott left Bari, Italy and headed for the ocean. Broll and the deck crew secured the...

After he was liberated, Anthony Acevedo increased his body weight from 87 pounds to 100 pounds. It took a while for him...

Heywood Mason crossed the Atlantic to Europe in a big convoy. They were not hassled by submarines and torpedoes as the...

In late April 1944 they [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] were put on...

While waiting to go home, Gordon Higgins drove a jeep and an ambulance. He also ran a "pro station," where soldiers...

Deep penetration raids were the most dangerous, according to Paul Lefever, and he was shot down during an attack on a...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Geary what he and the men did on their downtime.] The best thing they...

John Angier had trained in the Boeing B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] Pathfinder,...

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