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Gerald Vernon Leopold, known as Gerald V. Leopold in the Army, was born in Frankfurt, Germany in August 1923. When he...

William Curtis did not keep up with the other men on his boat after the war except the boatswain’s mate. He worked at a...

John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...

Henry Sherman Fouts was born in June 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia. Life was hard. His father worked for a dollar a day to...

[Annotator's Note: Virgil Clayton Moen served in the 72nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th Troop Carrier Group, 9th Air...

Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...

Tom Quigley recalls how when they were approaching Brest, he saw a soldier who was directing traffic get hit by an 88...

Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was sent to basic training anticipating that he would join the Air Corps. Instead he...

Reginald Duncan's most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting off the train and reuniting with his wife after...

Martin Baranek describes how he and a friend escaped the selection process [Annotator's Note: at the Auschwitz-Birkenau...

Henry Schaller got discharged. He flew home in a new plane that nothing worked in. He flew from Italy to Africa and...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] By October 1943, Edwin B....

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