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Opal James Grapes was born in Franklin County, Virginia in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She grew up on a farm...

James Siracuse was born in Upper Manhattan [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in 1920. He was raised there. He...

John Weinart could only stay scared for so long. He did his best to maintain his excitement and adrenaline. There was a...

[Annotators Note: Interview begins with the interviewer discussing with Franklin Denius how he should answer questions...

Reitmeier was aboard a troopship [Annotator’s Note: the SS Léopoldville with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 264th Infantry...

Joseph Brannan had never ridden on a PT boat [Annotator's Note: Patrol Torpedo boat] prior to his assignment to his...

Lucien Laborde had no personal contact with General Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S....

Alfred Pierse Murphy was born in Dublin, Ireland in May 1922. He celebrated his third birthday on the boat taking him...

Jerome Harold Black got lucky and got called in by the Commanding General of Allied Force Headquarters [Annotator's...

Richard J. Field was born and raised in Upstate New York in the small town of Liberty. He lived on the outskirts of...

[Annotator’s Note: Louis Liberato went to Europe in January 1944.] They went over in a big convoy with the troops in...

Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld had a horrible experience in the English Channel. He, along with many other troops, got very...

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