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

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

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

In 1940 Holloman had attempted to volunteer for the Canadian Air Force. He filled out the application and his father...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling, seats squeaking, and people in the background throughout this segment.]...

Earl Ervin Clark and 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment crossed the Po River in Italy as the lead unit. Because Clark was...

Roger Shaw was changed by World War 2. The war changed the world. Shaw had never been on a boat before, and that was a...

They were able to keep their sanity because they knew the war was going well for them. Once the front line was going...

George Tamburello’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting wounded because he thought he was going to die...

Harley Reynolds notes that a few of the wounded men were dragging behind. They made it to the trench area. They had men...

Clinton Riddle and his comrades in Company B were wrestled from their sleep in the early predawn hours for breakfast on...

Johnny Ngai says the trouble is that they [Annotator's Note: the Veterans Administration or VA] do not help you if you...

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