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Freddie Ohr was born in Portland, Oregon in 1919. When he was four years old they moved to Idaho where Ohr grew up. Ohr...

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

After the 82nd Airborne Division finished combat operations in Normandy, Clinton Riddle and the men of the 325th Glider...

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

F.M. Richard Simons and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...

Harley Reynolds remembers artillery fire coming in from one of the supporting ships out at sea. The shells came just...

Claude L. Lewis was born in 1922. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global economic depression that...

The mountain was at the opening of a valley. It was an important valley because of troop movements and positioning. The...

Kassal remembers they moved very quickly through France, through the Rhone Valley, stopping in various cities like...

Reneau Breard [Annotator’s Note: with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] was stationed in...

Rothacker Smith felt the joy of liberation sweep over him when he saw American soldiers hoist the Stars and Stripes...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

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