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Each crew had a tent to themselves. In the 483rd Group [Annotators Note: Bombardment group] there were about 20 tents....

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named “...

Lynn Compton had his orders changed so he could play baseball in Paris. He would look around for facilities for the...

Ralph Osterhoudt, Sr. was born in Hyde Park, New York in March 1926 and was one of 12 children. He lived during the...

Raymond VanDuzer and his fellow soldiers were able to go into London while he was in England. He and the other American...

After he lost his rifle, Zawada grabbed the grease gun [Annotator's Note: M3 submachine gun] from behind the driver. He...

James McDermott would get barley soup once in a while from the Germans [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in...

The war ended while Irving Miller was in the hospital. He was discharged on the point system. Everyone talked about the...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout this clip as he had a stroke and has trouble remembering...

Donald W. Bertino arrived on Utah Beach [Annotator's Note: Utah Beach was one of the two American landing beaches in...

Kenneth H. Bailey deployed overseas in December 1943. He spent Christmas in Singleton, England. They spent six months...

[Annotator’s Note: Voices can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] Daniel Altman and his unit [Annotator...

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