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As a child, Christa Schneider said, living in the middle of the war zone was "terrifying." The roar of the airplanes...

M. Edward Melton was born in Henderson, Kentucky in June 1925. He had a happy childhood. They had no money, but neither...

Fred Gordon and the whole 9th Armored Division was shipped overseas on the Queen Mary to Fort Larkin, England. They had...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Glen Jostad was a radio man and gunner on a Boeing B-17 heavy bomber. He flew multiple missions against German...

[Annotator's Note: A person interrupts the interview throughout this segment.] After the war ended, John Edward Pierce...

[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as an A-20 pilot in the 669th Bombardment Squadron, 416th...

Stanley James Thurston participated in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp [Annotator's Note: Buchenwald...

After landing in Glasgow, Scotland, Arthur Seltzer took a train down to a town near Liverpool called Congleton Cheshire...

Robert Bassemir was drafted in the spring of 1943. He was sent to Long Island [Annotator's Note: Long Island, New York...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

John Witmeyer and the entire 79th Infantry Division were involved in the Battle of the Bulge, and he and his men fought...

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