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Theodore Finkbeiner and the paratroopers he was with started heading toward Gela. Whenever they heard shooting they...

Edward J. Leonard remembers going into Rome [Annotator’s Note: Rome, Italy]. They had not had any sleep for a few days...

When William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force] came home from Korea...

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

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

Charles Scheffel got married on 27 March 1942. He cut his college hours down so he could go on a honeymoon. Scheffel...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] After returning from World War 2, Taylor...

To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....

Jumping out [Annotator's Note: breaking out of the Anzio, Italy beachhead] on 4 June 1944, Bryan Compton's division [...

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

The worst part of the fighting for Johnny Ngai was fighting in to Cassino [Annotator's Note: Cassino, Italy]. Rocks and...

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