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Richard Duchossois and the 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion were attached to the 80th Infantry Division at the time of...

Dr. Stanley Jaffe does not recall hearing about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

Addy Melancon was born on in July 1922 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana on a farm. His family raised cattle, hogs, and...

William Burrus and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry...

Irving Miller joined the Army in November 1943. Prior to that, he had been in the New York National Guard. He trained...

Rankin left McChord Field on 14 July 1942 and arrived in Santa Ana, California in 15 July 1942 for preflight training....

While Olen Grant was at Stalag XVIIB he preferred to stay in the barracks [Annotator’s Note: as opposed to staying in...

In June 1943, nearing the end of Maxwell Nelson’s deferment, he decided to join the US Merchant Marine and was sent to...

Kenneth J. Hanson [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 410th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division] saw combat in...

On D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Omaha [Annotator's Note:...

They had a big fireplace, but it turned out to be a mock fireplace; the place was heated by steam. They lived in the...

Michael Cokinos grew up in Beaumont, Texas. During the Great Depression, life was pretty strict for him. His parents...

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