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David Roderick knew the true goal was to capture Cherbourg at the end of the peninsula which took until 25 June. It was...

Stanley Jack Birnbaum fell into his landing craft before landing at one of the American beaches at Normandy about five...

Sullivan Tindal did not write too much to his family while he was in Europe because he did not have a lot of time and...

Vernon Alexander and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry...

Frank A. Wiswall graduated from aviation school and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1943. He...

Byron Othello Wilkins was given an automatic rifle after they cleared the foxholes on the hill. All the men had M1...

Elmer Knudsen's unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...

Josephine Pescatore would do it all again tomorrow if she had the same kind of troops, which she is sure they are....

Lloyd Reese was asleep, and his father woke him to tell him about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He knew that we were in...

Russell Clark has no regrets about D-Day. [Annotator's Note: Clark was a medic with Company A, 1st Battalion, 116th...

James B. Jones's father died not long after the move. Jones was working for a lawyer and his family in town. The family...

Charles R. Smith [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry...

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