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

Holloman returned to active duty with the stipulation that he be retained for five years so he could retire. The army...

The war did not change William C. Smith, Junior very much. He did not have a good education growing up. He had to teach...

At the age of 17, Walter Henry Barton dropped out of high school to join the Army. Since. He was called up three months...

John Robert Mannarino [Annotator's Note: serving as a translator for the US Army in Palermo, Sicily] spoke fluent...

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

During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...

It is hard for Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. to remember a lot. He does not remember the names of half the ships he was on....

They [Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote and his older bother] went to gunnery school and did not know where they were...

Kasserine Pass [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kasserine Pass] was the one time Ivan Van der Pool was told to fix his...

Charles Coolidge left Camp Edwards near Boston to go to New York before going overseas. He was at sea for 13 days then...

Robert Tyler Oakes was born in March 1922 in New Albany, Indiana. He enjoyed his youth participated in plays in high...

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