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When his crew got to Italy, Edwin Sved said they lived in tents in a farm field, and flew out of a makeshift airstrip...

Alfred Dietrick was federalized [Annotator's Note: from the Texas Army National Guard to the 36th Infantry Division] on...

Joseph “Joe” Grossman enlisted in the Navy in June 1944 because he liked water. He was sent to basic training at...

[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with a black screen.] Nicholas John Compagno was born in 1916 and grew up in New...

After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....

Alexander Jefferson volunteered for service in order to avoid the draft. If he had been drafted he would have been a...

[Annotator's Note: An off-camera male interjects throughout this clip.] Carl Robert Gatlin had a lot of nightmares...

Merrill J. Clark dug a small hole to take cover in [Annotator's Note: he was on Mount Belvedere in Italy with Company K...

Joyce Sherman formed some close friendships and they kept in touch. Most were from Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: like...

Freddie Ohr was treated to another huge dinner. The Korean man told him to come down every night around seven. Ohr...

In May 1944, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. completed all of his training and shipped out for Foggia, Italy where he joined...

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