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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Sichler how their second landing, at Salerno, Italy on 9 September 1943...

Albert Hatala was inducted at Camp Custer, Michigan and was then sent to Camp Swift, Texas for basic training. He then...

F.M. Richard Simons only regrets losing good friends. He is an only child. His parents divorced. His mother got rid of...

George McGovern had one his buddies took him up in a plane to see if he could still fly a few years ago. He was able to...

Joseph Hochadel served in the 34th Infantry Division, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion as a combat medic. He was...

Freddie Ohr learned that his uncle had flown as a top turret gunner in B-25 bombers based in Africa. Ohr did not know...

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

Freddie Ohr got back for Marie's graduation. He had to clean up a little bit when he landed then he joined them at the...

Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr., returned to the United States on 31 August 1944. He contacted his parents by phone a...

Harold Ashton enjoyed his time in Morocco. The airfields were good, and he would patrol around the Bay of Biscay [...

Kassal enlisted in January of 1942 and was assigned to the Army Air Forces. He was sent to Camp Upton at Yaphank, Long...

Alexander Jefferson volunteered for service in order to avoid the draft. If he had been drafted he would have been a...

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