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Theodore Finkbeiner took part in the famous river crossing during Operation Market Garden [Annotators Note: the...

After the invasion they left Southern France [Annotator's Note: Perrett means Northern France, in June 1944] and...

Gowan Duffy remembers that they would refer to one German plane as Bed Check Charlie [Annotator's Note: nickname given...

Frank Mancuso crossed the Volturno River prior to Monte Cassino. His unit gathered in a courtyard to refuel their...

Clifford Smith and his unit [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division] were on...

Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] knew he was going to Africa [Annotator's Note: in March...

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

Timothy Mahoney wanted to join the Navy because a friend of his was in the Navy. His father told him to wait until he...

Rudy Cravens remembers the ship he deployed on had to zig-zag [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine maneuver] and...

Dr. Roscoe Brown feels that Washington D.C. was an ambivalent city when it came to race. When they got to Virginia they...

Norman Raner went home for 30 days and then was transferred down to Hot Springs, Arkansas for R...

As a kid, Edwin Sved was interested in model airplanes and flying. He remembers how overwhelming it was to see the new...

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