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Herbert Fontenot joined the Navy because it was the only branch that would accept him at 16 years of age. He loved his...

Lawrence Angst remembers one close call very well. He was in basic training with another man. They were both first in...

Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...

Arne Samuelson and his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 99th Infantry Battalion was a separate unit composed of Norwegians...

John Lillibridge’s most memorable experience in World War 2 was VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...

Mengele [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele] told Charlotte Weiss that Rosalie was not strong enough to go on a...

Sol Lazinger received many awards for his military service. While on a patrol, he was crawling in a beet field near the...

Robert Wolff remembers the briefing for the Regensburg mission [Annotator’s Note: the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission on...

Roger Bertolini served in the Army as a staff sergeant in 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and...

After the Battle of the Bulge, Elmer Knudsen was deployed close to the Rhine River and was billeted in a private...

Homer Cole was born in September 1925 in Jasper, Missouri. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father moved his...

Louise Post Ritter was in nursing school at the outbreak of World War 2. After working for a surgeon in Little Rock,...

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