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Life on base was "awful" according to Edwin Sved. The men lived in tents set up in the mud and took cold showers, but...

William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the US Air Force] flew 123s [Annotator's Note: Fairchild C-123 Provider...

During that period, the Russian prisoners got along with the American prisoners. One of them made a cigarette case for...

Freddie Ohr had a lot of things happened to him. The first guy Ohr encountered really tried to make it tough on him....

LSTs [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] do not normally land on a beach unless the beach is secure. Robert Jagers...

Raymond Cauble won an airplane ride in 1935. Cauble volunteered for the service due to patriotism. He says he would...

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

For two or three days, the Germans would stop, shoot at the American troops and then run [Annotator's Note: during the...

Leadership attitudes in Charles McGee's unit helped to form a bond between the men. McGee's first flight was in the PT-...

Edward J. Leonard was in a German half-track [Annotator's Note: M3 half-track; a vehicle with front wheels and rear...

Carl Peterson doesn't know how the war changed him. He has his own views on how things should be. His wife gets on him...

Alfred Dietrick was born in 1921. [Annotator's Note: The tape breaks as Dietrick is giving his birthdate]. [Annotator's...

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