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M. Edward Melton went to Europe where his unit [Annotator’s Note: 42nd Infantry Division] was committed by Eisenhower [...

Vernon Alexander only received one fresh water shower during his deployment voyage to Europe. Salt water showers were...

One of Clarence Anderson's men came across a German pilot shooting at men in parachutes. He shot the German down and...

Kelly Kuwayama was drafted a year before Pearl Harbor and entered the Army. He was assigned to a coastal artillery unit...

When he arrived in England, Darrell D. Gust knew that at least a third of the original 28 crews that had gone over in...

Stanley Berman [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force] was responsible for loading bombs and ammunition onto their...

Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...

The location Gordon Higgins was sent for occupation duty was at Dachau, near Munich, Germany. There were 10,000 German...

By the early days of May [Annotator’s Note: May 1945], Clyde East and most Americans knew the war was over. The Allied...

Richard Ford was pinned down by a German machine gun. He was up against a hedgerow so tight that he could not move. The...

Kenneth F. Thomas reported to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia for induction [Annotator's Note: he had been drafted into the...

Monroe S. Wolyn told the German officer he was Jewish. The officer said he would take his head off. He was taken to...

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