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William Leo Spaetgens returned to Treasure Island near San Francisco after his leave at home. At that point, he was...

Charles Coolidge left Camp Edwards near Boston to go to New York before going overseas. He was at sea for 13 days then...

Gerard Halpern graduated from high school in May or June of 1943. He applied to City College and started classes there...

Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...

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

Henry Phillips' most vivid memory of the war is how well the Nazis proved themselves as being the worst horror that was...

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

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

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

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

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