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After going over the side, the boats would then form up waves of ten or twelve boats which rode around in circles until...

The hardest part of boot camp was being told what to do. Charles R. Smith was 18 years old when he went in. He had to...

After the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: series of Army exercises held in Louisiana in 1941], Delbert Wombacher...

Bernard Knese found out he was going into the Army Air Force when he went to basic training. Basic training lasted two...

To Frank Fontana, going to Paris a week after the city's liberation was the most memorable wartime experience. The trip...

John Kerner was around the city of Mortain, France in heavy battle [Annotator's Note: Operation Lüttich, German...

The Red Ball Express hauled the troops around and it was almost completely made of black drivers. When they got ready...

Lewis A. Strandburg first saw paratroopers of the 507 [Annotator's Note: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment] on the...

John Ericson spent time in the hospital [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of the Bulge or German...

Susumas Ito recalled jumping from tree to tree and releasing counter fire. One of the captains stepped on a land mind...

In December 1944, Arthur Levine [Annotator's Note: with the 30th Infantry Division] received orders to head to Stoumont...

Clayton Kelly Gross recalls getting to England and the bombing going on from there. They were assigned to the 9th Air...

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