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William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the US Army Air Forces] was about 20 miles away from where Mussolini [...

Sicily was an easier operation than Italy. Theodore Finkbeiner and his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd...

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...

Joyce Sherman left the service and got married. She does not think she was really any different due to the war. Maybe...

Robert Jagers' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351] had no defensive weapons. They started out with three-inch 50s...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was looking for a pile...

Kassal remembers making it to Palermo, Italy after three to four weeks with the 12th Tactical Air Command. He was in...

Sometime in the early summer of 1943, Norman Kinsey moved south of Casablanca to Berrechid [Annotator's Note: Berrechid...

When Charles Scheffel became a platoon leader, he used all of the ammunition that they could teaching his men about...

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

Alfred Dietrick was federalized [Annotator's Note: from the Texas Army National Guard to the 36th Infantry Division] on...

Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

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