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Vernon Baker continues describing his Medal of Honor actions in Italy in detail including what he was wearing. When he...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks if George Sichler saw anything while approaching the Dachau concentration camp...

George Sichler says that his service made him a better American. He did what he was supposed to do. The country has...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was on the beach [...

After defeating the enemy in Sicily [Annotator’s Note: Sicily, Italy], Paul Maymon [Annotator’s Note: with the 17th...

Kasserine Pass [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kasserine Pass] was the one time Ivan Van der Pool was told to fix his...

Rothacker Smith attended North High School in Detroit, Michigan after his family moved back to the city from the...

Erwin Blonder recalls the tactics that the Germans used in France. They would use small scale hit and run tactics. They...

Edward LaPorta was not able to locate other members of the 1st Armored Division. He was captured by Rommel’s [...

Alfred Dietrick thinks the Germans had a well disciplined Army. The German soldier had it drilled into his mind that...

When Charles Scheffel became a platoon leader, he used all of the ammunition that they could teaching his men about...

Edward C. Cole was born in December 1918 and grew up in Bordentown, New Jersey during the Depression [Annotator's Note...

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