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William Leo Spaetgens was changed by World War 2. He hated school with a passion. After making it to the tenth grade,...

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

Theodore Finkbeiner took part in the famous river crossing during Operation Market Garden [Annotators Note: the...

Harley Reynolds learned immediately on the Queen Mary that they were headed for England because the crew passed along...

During one of his breaks in Sicily, Frank Mancuso wrote a letter that was never answered. When he came back to the...

In late April 1944 they [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] were put on...

Harley Reynolds remembers artillery fire coming in from one of the supporting ships out at sea. The shells came just...

When they landed in England, Charles Scheffel had been shuffled around as an officer in the regiment. He was all over...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

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

Freddie Ohr came running out of the wave and he did not see the boat anymore. He made two or three passes that low....

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