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Edward J. Leonard was shipped to Italy in May 1943. The first day they were in combat. Leonard had a map of the area he...

Being in charge of other people helped give Raymond Wells focus during combat and did not leave any time to be afraid....

Bryan Compton states that the Germans used the medics' red cross as a target. When they were moving out, his outfit [...

William Leo Spaetgens was changed by World War 2. He hated school with a passion. After making it to the tenth grade,...

Edward LaPorta does not recall the date he was captured at Kasserine Pass in North Africa. He believes that the reason...

Charles Scheffel was born in Eden, Oklahoma in 1919. His father was an illegal immigrant from Sweden and passed away...

Johnny Ngai crossed the Rhine River [Annotator's Note: into Germany]. Three days later they were told the war would be...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] After returning home from World War 2,...

Alexander Jefferson worked in the post office after school when he returned home from war. Jefferson discovered that...

Earl Ervin Clark and 87th Mountain Infantry [Annotator's Note: 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...

After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....

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