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William McCowen should never have gotten in the military in the first place. He had trick knees. He played a lot of...

Mary T. Heany was excited to be sent to Nashville [Annotator’s Note: Nashville, Tennessee]. She was asked to go on a...

In Cassino [Annotator's Note: Battle of Monte Cassino, also called Battle for Rome, 19 January to 18 May 1944, Cassino...

Walter Broll sailed north of Iceland on his first convoy. The ship zig-zagged over the course of the voyage. He did...

Erwin Blonder remembers Marty Higgins [Annotator's Note: US Army Captain Martin J. Higgins] sending a sergeant and 35...

Rommel [Annotator's Note: German Army Generalfeldmarschall, or Field Marshal, Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel] was sending...

Howard T. Maki wanted to stay in the Army but was convinced by family to leave. He missed the service though. He...

Perrett was awarded the European Campaign Ribbon [Annotator's Note: Europe/Africa/Middle East Theater Ribbon] with two...

Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...

As a kid, Edwin Sved was interested in model airplanes and flying. He remembers how overwhelming it was to see the new...

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

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

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