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William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] prepared for the French...

Basic training was easy for Arthur Frongello because he did not smoke. He grew up running alot and playing games that...

At Kasserine Pass Edward LaPorta was set up at about the middle of the pass. They were on an outpost and there was a...

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

Originally, when Frank Mancuso entered the army he was a Catholic. This changed when the Pope said they could not bomb...

Norman Raner fought mostly Germans when he was in North Africa [Annotator's Note: with 3rd Platoon, Company I, 3rd...

On the ship, Ivan Van der Pool took part in a seminar where the officers told them their mission. He boarded his troop...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Raymond Burchell used grenades to fight the tanks. [Annotator's Note: Burchell is referring to the Battle of the Bulge...

Lee O. McKinnon's most memorable experience of World War 2 was his first invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Torch;...

Barney Hajiro fought in Northern Italy. Hajiro was the messenger for Company M [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd...

Robert Ledford was born in December 1924 in northern Missouri. His family moved to Illinois when he was about 12 years...

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