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[Annotator’s Note: After being captured and then escaping from prison camp] Olin Pickens followed a river into...

The Germans were retreating [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Kasserine, Tunisia, 19 to 24...

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

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

The river crossing [Annotators Note: the 20 September 1944 crossing of the Waal River in Holland during Operation...

James Read Kirk was 17 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

When the draft was instituted, Harold Ashton decided to enlist in the Navy with hopes of becoming a pilot. After...

Gerard Halpern and his fellow soldiers of the 45th Infantry Division spent the six weeks after the fall of Rome doing...

Only five men survived from the fight on the hilltop. It was the first time Charles Scheffel was wounded. A German had...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dominick Frank Poliseno for specific incidents when his interpretive skills...

Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. received the Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the fourth-highest award a United States service...

Kanaya said that medics followed the troops into the field. He liked to pick units that he knew would probably get into...

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