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Ralph F. Lafferty was born in December 1918 in Portland Oregon. He had to older brothers, but one of them died of...

At one point, Paul Carter was in an action where he put more ammunition through his rifle than at any other time. What...

Dominic Della Vedova completed landings in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of North Africa,...

Roger Shaw made a big mistake in his first opportunity as a ship's captain. He was assigned to an Army transport and...

Dr. Roscoe Brown’s crew chief was Marcellus Smith whose nickname was Chow Hound. He was a very dedicated crew chief....

Around February or March 1943, Robert Jagers was told to report to LST-351 [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351, a...

Albert Hatala was glad to be part of World War 2. One of his most memorable experiences is when he got shrapnel in his...

Raymond Wells and his men [Annotator's Note: Wells' was a squad leader in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 141st Infantry...

Edward J. Leonard was shipped to Italy in May 1943. The first day they were in combat. Leonard had a map of the area he...

Harley Reynolds notes that when the sun went down that night fighters would sweep over German positions dropping flares...

The experience of seeing the kids wanting American candy, and the subsequent revelation of the ship that had passed...

Van Barfoot and the 45th Infantry Division went on up into the mountains around 2 January 1944. They moved out of the...

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