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Robert Ledford wanted to join the Army because he wanted to be on the ground fighting the enemy. When he heard the...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] looked at a close-up of the barbed wire [...

They [Annotators Note: David Dennis and his fellow POWs] had been given their parcels [Annotators Note: Red Cross...

The war had been going on for about three years, and when Bryan Compton landed in southern France [Annotator's Note: on...

Vernon Baker was volunteered to go back up to Hill X by a colonel. He reported to the commanding officer of the 473rd [...

After the successful completion of their mission at Lake Garda, Italy, Earl Ervin Clark and 87th Mountain Infantry...

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

Joseph Hochadel was in combat shortly after patching up the chaplain. Hochadel recalls getting a call about some...

Odell Vaughn was wounded near Pisa, Italy. He went to assist a wounded man in a minefield. Four men near him...

Clarke Langrall was born in December 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up during the Great Depression, things were...

Robert Jagers used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

John Robert Mannarino was born in the West End of Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts]. He spoke Italian...

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