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Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] had access to a hidden radio. With the new POWs [Annotator's...

William Blanckenburg realizes that taking four months to go 26 miles was not exactly a lightning attack. He took...

The war affected Robert Ledford because it made him grow up fast. He went into the service at 18 years old and by 19 he...

Ivan Van der Pool was born and raised in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He had a normal childhood...

When Wilburn K. Ross landed on Sicily he landed from a Higgins boat. The beach being laden with obstacles and barbed...

Ralph F. Lafferty was born in December 1918 in Portland Oregon. He had to older brothers, but one of them died of...

Roy D. Goad [Annotator’s Note: who served as a captain in the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division in Italy...

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

Paul Maymon [Annotator’s Note: with the 17th Field Artillery Regiment] was active in the bitter fighting through the...

People in combat are people in combat. Hairston does not believe in women in combat. He is the father of 4 daughters...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] was asked if he knew how to fly an airplane...

Vernon Baker arrived in Italy on around 28 June 1944. His Medal of Honor action did not happen until the following year...

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