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[Annotator’s Note: Dishes clattering and other noises are audible in the background throughout the segment.] Joseph...

Gerard Dillon went to Camp Croft, South Carolina for infantry basic training from November until January [Annotator's...

The weather was rough when Joseph Alter crossed the Channel [Annotator's Note: the English Channel on 6 June 1944]. It...

Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] gave support to the landing forces around...

After arriving in Europe, Charles R. Brown [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 66th Armored Infantry...

Samuel W. Smith was awakened to fly a mission. He had to get up and get his crew ready. They had their breakfast and...

Richard Graff's sister, a nurse, started working in a hospital in California after the war. After a weekend together,...

William Leo Spaetgens had his life changed by the Second World War. If a person could not work for something or pay for...

Richard O. "Otto" Bertz had never been as cold as he was in combat. He still has trouble with his feet and goes to bed...

After Christmas [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944], Joseph J. Drake was in the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note...

Bud Olson volunteered for overseas duty in October 1943. Sent to a replacement depot in England, Olson volunteered for...

Wallace Hurley recounts the story of his admired company commander who was killed while capturing two Germans. The...

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