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Joseph Lesniewski had no problems with his first jumps. He told his sister that when he made the jumps, he would take a...

William "Bill" Parker arrived in southern England where he and other soldiers began preparing for a land invasion....

Carl Platkin usually went to London [Annotator’s Note: London, England] alone because he had a couple of girlfriends...

After Stanley Jack Birnbaum arrived in England, he sailed across the English Channel and arrived in France a few days...

Joseph Dean Reilly had a deferment [Annotator's Note: postponement of military service] because he was working for a...

Opal Grapes arrived in Scotland after about a five day voyage from the United States. She then traveled by train toward...

Frederick Freeman was born in Saint Louis County in Kirkwood [Annotator's Note: Kirkwood, Missouri] in May 1925. His...

One day before James Siracuse got to fly solo, one of his instructors showed him a maneuver that he said he should not...

After graduating from advanced training, Second Lieutenant Eugene Vaadi was assigned to the 385th Bombardment Group...

Hans Siverts thought he would be going to the Pacific. They were pulling back and shutting down the hospital [Annotator...

The first time Alan Moskin realized he was in combat and war, something hit the top of his head. There were mortar and...

When she returned home, Henrietta Harkness heard the complaints of people about various material things. She compared...

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