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

They hung around in the area [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS Bayfield, near Okinawa] for about twelve days...

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

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

Henry Phillips feels that the French Legion of Honor affair is a wonderful thing, especially in light of the French...

Richard J. Field was born and raised in Upstate New York in the small town of Liberty. He lived on the outskirts of...

Walter Ehlers rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry...

Harley Reynolds and his unit were given a specific assignment. The planners were aware that their beachhead was...

Walter Broll always had a haircut on Saturday. He would then go to confession since he was raised a Catholic. On one...

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...

William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...

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