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Opal James Grapes was born in Franklin County, Virginia in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She grew up on a farm...

Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortarman in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...

Stewart Hihn was born in Baltimore, Maryland in August 1923. His father died when he was only 21 months old, and he was...

Earl Forstall remembers another time a plane came back with a lot of hits. The right wing had taken a direct hit. He...

James Livaudais knew he had really seen combat after the battle at La Fiere and the Merderet crossing. He thought at...

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

[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was a platoon commander in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment...

[Annotator's Note: Robert L. Williams served in the Army as a paratrooper in Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th...

When the war was over, Leslie V. Freeman was pulled back to a rest area. They came up with the point system [Annotator'...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Beeghly served in the Army as a pointer on a 90mm antiaircraft gun in the 142nd and 143rd...

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary was born Whitman,...

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