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On 9 June [Annotator's Note: 9 June 1944, during the Normandy invasion], they sent out platoons into a couple of fields...

Harley Reynolds and his unit disembarked from Sicily near the beach where they landed. There was a convoy on the way...

Barney Old Coyote’s crew was credited with sinking a submarine; it was not an individual accolade. The escort would...

Charles Scheffel did not know what to do when people start shooting at him but he realized that he had to do something...

Frank Mancuso crossed the Volturno River prior to Monte Cassino. His unit gathered in a courtyard to refuel their...

After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot the action really slowed down for Alex Vraciu. There was a lot of argument over...

Freddie Ohr was assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group overseas. They were flying Spitfires. Ohr learned how to fly the...

Dr. Roscoe Brown feels that Washington D.C. was an ambivalent city when it came to race. When they got to Virginia they...

For Charles Coolidge, success [Annotators Note: success in combat] continued in Italy. His unit [Annotators Note:...

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

For Gerard Halpern the trip from the United States to Italy was unremarkable except that they ran out of food near the...

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