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Charles Scheffel was born in Eden, Oklahoma in 1919. His father was an illegal immigrant from Sweden and passed away...

Ralph “Bud” Ginrich crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary. He had completed basic training just fine. Reaching...

Lawrence Yatsu went to Fort Meade, Maryland when he left Camp Blanding. From there they went overseas on a troopship....

For two or three days, the Germans would stop, shoot at the American troops and then run [Annotator's Note: during the...

F.M. Richard Simons only regrets losing good friends. He is an only child. His parents divorced. His mother got rid of...

Johnny Ngai says the trouble is that they [Annotator's Note: the Veterans Administration or VA] do not help you if you...

Claude L. Lewis remembers they had to dig foxholes. The Germans had left big piles of sandbags. They could see the...

Frank Mancuso adopted a 20 month old girl from Ludwigsburg with his wife while in Germany. When his father in law...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] While Taylor Howard was in the Army, the...

Gerard Halpern finished high school in 1943 then took one semester at a City College before dropping out and joining...

John Vessey goes by Jack. His father was John and his son is named John and his grandson is named Jack. They all...

The terrain in Italy was mountainous. Shiyuza Hayashi wonders how people live in the mountains. It must be a tough life...

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