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

Abe Milkis was called up soon after finishing high school. After being drafted, he found himself on bivouac in a tent...

Frank Maresca started his basic training in January [Annotator's Note: January 1944]. He was first sent to Fort Dix for...

Irving Becker never talks much about his combat experiences, unlike some people who talk about their battlefield or...

Samuel W. Smith was born in September 1924 in Texas. His father was killed when he was 12 years old. He was the oldest...

Alex Carter Sr. was born in December 1920 in Mississippi. He had three brothers and six sisters. He was the oldest...

Late in the war, Otis Gatewood said, there was a lot of propaganda circulating on the front lines. Hitler [Annotator's...

After Gross-Gerau [Annotator’s Note: Gross-Gerau, Germany], Basil C. Hoehn and his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 91st...

Arley Jett recalled the Queen Elizabeth ship that took him overseas to Scotland was so loaded down with men and...

Alan Moskin went to Syracuse [Annotator's Note: in Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York] when he was 17 and got his...

Norman Alden Briggs went to basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Briggs was placed in the I and R, Intelligence...

A lot of men are killed because of carelessness. You get tired of lying in a hole. A cook got drunk and was then sent...

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