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Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad...

Robert Payne was at the Rhine [Annotator's Note: Rhine River] for about three weeks. His job was to fly observation...

Roger Bertolini served in the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He did his basic training at Camp...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Geary what he and the men did on their downtime.] The best thing they...

After D-Day, Clyde East and the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron began to work in a rather routine fashion. The...

Guy Stern had a commanding officer at First Army Headquarters named Major Shepard Stone [Annotator's Note: US Army...

The Americans had very qualified airplanes in the P-51 and P-47. He remembered that the P-47 could keep a higher speed...

Raymond Mason does not remember much about the maintenance. They had some problems. They had to get replacements. [...

To Charles Fitts, Jr., actual combat was not at all similar to their training. In combat, Fitts and his section did not...

John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew received orders to fly overseas to England, making one stop in Iceland. They...

Vernon Alexander had never been on a big boat before his overseas deployment. The troops were stacked five deep in the...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...

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