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Dominic Della Vedova was born in a coal mining camp called Bear Creek west of Ottumwa, Iowa in June 1919. His father...

Carl Robert Gatlin enlisted in the Army and after training, he was sent to Blackstone, Virginia to be shipped overseas...

Charles Radford tried to keep his mind on the task at hand. Once someone died they were dead and they had to be able to...

Joseph Hochadel served in the 34th Infantry Division, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion as a combat medic. He was...

For William McCowen's [Annotator's Note: as a US Air Force copilot in the 307th Strategic Bomb Wing stationed at Kadena...

Alexander Jefferson came in the middle of the Tuskegee program. The first program was March 1942 and the last class was...

The Germans pulled back because they did not know how strong the Americans were [Annotator's Note: during Operation...

Edward J. Leonard was in a German half-track [Annotator's Note: M3 half-track; a vehicle with front wheels and rear...

For two or three days, the Germans would stop, shoot at the American troops and then run [Annotator's Note: during the...

LSTs [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] do not normally land on a beach unless the beach is secure. Robert Jagers...

Kassal recalls the 12th Tactical Air Command's headquarters were setup at Caserta, just north of Naples. They were...

Johnny Ngai did not do any special training for the landing in Southern France. They were physically fit. He only had...

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