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Vernon Leopold saw the evidence of German activity in his sector when he went on patrol. Seeing boot prints or other...

John Howland became part of the Pathfinder force of the Eighth Air Force. They were accumulated in small squadrons...

Ruth Switzer recalled her father moving the family to a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York to take over a...

There were four phases to Victor Fienup's flight training. Preflight was ground school for two months, primary was half...

William Albright was a ball turret gunner [Annotator's Note: on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber number 42-...

Johannes Aalders started secondary school in 1943 [Annotator's Note: in Apeldoorn, Netherlands]. The headmaster had to...

Lorenzo Dow Crews thought the Germans were well equipped with mortars, machine guns, artillery, tanks, and some air...

Clarence Gomberg’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was the camaraderie. Everyone got along with each in his...

Russell Clark and Company A [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...

Lewis Thomas Easterling flew his last mission on 17 December 1944. One of the squadrons found a whole group of trains...

Robert G. Frey has spoken more to the interviewer about the war than he has ever previously done. He was there and when...

Lynn Compton remembers going through Carentan without any resistance. When the bullets started coming the men were...

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