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Frank A. Wiswall was a bombardier in the 8th Air Force. His worst missions were to Bremen, Germany, dropping bombs on...

Billy P. Bassett and his unit [Annotator's Note: 11th Armored Division] were put on guard duty at the concentration...

[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2. He was in the Jungvolk...

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

A lot of the small towns along Clyde Kenney's march were "butchered," and Germany was "pulverized" during that period...

During the second day of combat, John Caponigro went into the same area [Annotator's Note: near Saarbrucken]. This time...

[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment. Interviewee has...

Joseph Krause recalls that he didn't keep his flight log book up to date while he flew the requisite 30 missions to...

When orders came about a month after D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944],...

Herman Yates was born in Anna, Illinois in November 1921. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was a farmer....

Harley Reynolds thinks he was crazy to have assaulted that pillbox by himself. Only four hours before he had learned...

After the Battle of the Bulge Tom Quigley was taken out of combat and sent to a hospital due to an injury to his back...

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