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Sicily [Annotator's Note: Operation Husky, 9 July to 17 August 1943, Sicily, Italy] was the most difficult invasion...

Arthur A. Smith was born in August 1924. The war started when he was 17. He had a good idea of what his future would be...

Alfred Dietrick and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry...

John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...

Theodore Finkbeiner and the paratroopers he was with started heading toward Gela. Whenever they heard shooting they...

Robert Madison was born in Cleveland, Ohio in July 1923, one of four sons of an educated black man, who held "all sorts...

Through the years of advancement, Odell Vaughn reached the office of Deputy Administrator of the Veterans...

The Germans were formidable because of their early conquests like the blitzkrieg [Annotator's Note: method of warfare...

Charles Scheffel got married on 27 March 1942. He cut his college hours down so he could go on a honeymoon. Scheffel...

To Edward LaPorta, everything in the camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag III-B in Fürstenberg, Germany] was in sad shape but...

Richard J. Field was born and raised in Upstate New York in the small town of Liberty. He lived on the outskirts of...

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