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Alfred Dietrick was federalized [Annotator's Note: from the Texas Army National Guard to the 36th Infantry Division] on...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...

John Vessey and his unit headed to Fort Dix to prepare to go overseas. They were supposed to go on a French ship but it...

In 1936, Ralph F. Lafferty's oldest brother decided to join the military and worked with the CCC [Annotator's Note:...

Olin Pickens sailed overseas and arrived at Oran, North Africa on 26 January 1943. The men with whom Pickens had...

Edward J. Leonard was in a National Guard unit that was federalized. They put out a call for volunteers. Leonard had a...

Harley Reynolds’s 2nd battalion was in Faid Pass when the Germans made an attack to penetrate their lines and take some...

Merrill J. Clark grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was employed during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...

David A. Dennis was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1919. He was living on a farm when the crash came. His father was a...

Being in charge of other people helped give Raymond Wells focus during combat and did not leave any time to be afraid....

F.M. Richard Simons had infantry training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia [Annotator's Note: in Macon, Georgia]. On the rifle...

Rothacker Smith entered Sommocolonia on 1 December [Annotator's Note: 1 December 1944] and his last day there was 28...

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