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William Blanckenburg had an upper middle class upbringing, but they struggled during the Depression. Blanckenburg was...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Sichler how their second landing, at Salerno, Italy on 9 September 1943...

Ralph “Bud” Ginrich crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary. He had completed basic training just fine. Reaching...

Early life for Charles Radford was tough because of the Great Depression. He grew up in a family of eight including his...

Albert Hatala was inducted at Camp Custer, Michigan and was then sent to Camp Swift, Texas for basic training. He then...

F.M. Richard Simons' worst memories are of the cold and the fear of falling asleep in his foxhole. They had wire with...

Edward LaPorta was born in Italy in 1917. He grew up and was educated in Italy as well. His dream was to be a...

On 9 November 1942, Norman Kinsey was offshore of Casablanca and Fédala [Annotator's Note: both in Morocco]. He awoke...

Arthur Braunstein was born in New York [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in February 1924. His father was a...

Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. was born in Burns, Kansas. His father was a rural mail carrier to support his family...

The next morning Alex Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...

From Morocco, Paul Carter was shipped to Sicily where he was assigned to Company K, 179th Infantry Battalion, 45th...

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