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Paul Maymon [Annotator’s Note: with the 17th Field Artillery Regiment] occupied a small German village after the war’s...

Rothacker Smith underwent weeks of training amid a racially tense situation at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Smith was one of...

In the 229th Ordnance Transport Company [Annotator's Note: Dietrick stated that he had served in this unit; unable to...

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

Fred Topel decided to go into the National Guard with a few other friends. He was only 16 years old, so he had to lie...

Ralph F. Lafferty was shipped back home after being wounded. He departed through the port at Naples [Annotator's Note:...

The Germans were formidable because of their early conquests like the blitzkrieg [Annotator's Note: method of warfare...

Edward LaPorta does not recall anything special about the battles at Gafsa and El Guettar. Battles are all the same....

Walter Barnes was born in New Orleans and grew up on Webster Street in the Uptown neighborhood. Life was good for him....

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

Edward J. Leonard remembers going into Rome [Annotator’s Note: Rome, Italy]. They had not had any sleep for a few days...

T. Moffatt Burriss took out a couple Army Air Forces officers who had requested to see what life was like on the...

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