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Edward LaPorta was a member of the 1st Armored Division. The first tanks they had overseas were riveted together. They...

It gradually sunk in to Rothacker Smith that he was a prisoner of war as he believed for the first couple of days in...

Van Barfoot recalls difficult times when they landed in Southern France. He was a platoon leader and had been promoted...

During World War 2, Clifford Smith thought he was on an adventure. He does not consider himself as a hero, conqueror,...

John Baldori in Newburg, Pennsylvania in February 1920. He grew up with four older sisters and two younger brothers....

Yeu Foon, who changed his Chinese name to Johnny Ngai after the war, started out in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the...

Erwin Blonder remembers the events of the Lost Battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment,...

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

The French Foreign Legion decided to fight with the Allies. Charles Scheffel stayed in the tunnel in Algiers that night...

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

Dominic Martello learned that when going fast in the sand, the wheel of the half-track could be turned, but the force...

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

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