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William King never experienced any discrimination while in the service. He never thought about it. He wrote home...

Joseph Motil was deferred for six months and then went into the service on 22 January 1942. Motil was born on 24 July...

A few days later, Gerhard Franzky was caught by surprise as the allies launched Operation Market Garden. On 17...

[Annotator's Note: Wallace Yip, Sr. fought his way across France with the 79th Infantry Division.] They finally made it...

William Colgan served overseas with the 79th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force and flew in P-40s [...

Lewis Guidry crossed the Rhine River near the Remagen Bridge [Annotator's Note: the Ludendorff Bridge in the city of...

Standifer was born on April 24th, 1925 in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was walking down the street in Clinton, Mississippi...

Howard Genrich had an accident while disassembling a .50 caliber machine gun. His finger was caught in the bolt and he...

Fred Whitaker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His family lived in a working-class community. His maternal...

Itka Zygmuntowicz was 15 years old when she and her family were taken by train from the Nowe Miasto Ghetto. They rode...

Joseph Romano went to Germany after Italy. He was on guard duty there. He went to Le Havre, France from there. [...

John Noack came close to washing out one time and that was in basic. One weekend they wanted to go home and see their...

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