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Leadership attitudes in Charles McGee's unit helped to form a bond between the men. McGee's first flight was in the PT-...

When Charles Coolidge landed in Southern France there was little opposition after the major shelling the Germans took...

Avon is 60 miles south of Mitchell, South Dakota. George McGovern spent the first three years of his life in Avon. He...

When Edward LaPorta landed in Oran all he could see was the German fortress which had two giant spotlights shining out...

Many of Barney Hajiro's friends died or were wounded in the Vosges Mountains of France. It was sad. The 36th Division...

Bruce LaRose was born in Pennsylvania. He remembers the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...

Wilburn K. Ross grew up in Strunk, Kentucky. He worked on a farm until he was 18 then went to work in a coal mine but...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

The area Norman Raner was in was where the eight-inch howitzers [Annotator's Note: M1 eight inch, 203mm howitzer; heavy...

Chester L. Talley was on a fighter base in Foggia [Annotator’s Note: Foggia, Italy]. He also remembered when he heard...

William Banghart remembers Rommel [Annotator's Note: German Army Generalfeldmarschall, or Field Marshal, Johannes Erwin...

Howard T. Maki desired to enter the Army Air Forces as a pilot. Before he was drafted, he had passed various...

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