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When Richard Scheerer was hit he had shell fragments in the heart sack and his left lung. They were in the hedgerows at...

Susumas Ito and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Ito was an instrument sergeant in the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion,...

After landing in Glasgow, Scotland, Arthur Seltzer took a train down to a town near Liverpool called Congleton Cheshire...

Joseph Alexander arrived in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex in...

Stalag Luft was for airmen only. Luft is the German word for air. There were 8000 or 10000 of them there. There were...

President Harry S. Truman was convinced to come to the west coast [Annotators Note: to award Hawk with the Medal of...

The men learned to pack parachutes and jump from a tower. They had to pack the first 10 parachutes they would use at...

After leaving the service, Frank Zunno never took advantage of the G.I. Bill because he did not want to have anything...

[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2.]. Wilhelm Gehlen...

Carl Light had not done much traveling before he went into the service. He adapted to military life really well and...

Edgar L. McKay boarded the Queen Elizabeth [Annotator's Note: RMS Queen Elizabeth], which travelled alone. The ship was...

Robert Harvey Heinly reported to New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 13 March [Annotator's Note: 13 March 1943]. Once there...

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