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Fred Hirsekorn was born in Schonlanke, Germany in May 1924. There were about five generations of Hirsekorns who were...

Each crew had a tent to themselves. In the 483rd Group [Annotators Note: Bombardment group] there were about 20 tents....

Lutz Windisch was born in 1925 in Königssee in Berchtesgaden [Annotator's Note: Königssee, Berchtesgaden, Germany],...

Gilbert Shawn was not shipped to basic training. Instead, he went to an air field in Kentucky as a cadet. Shawn took a...

Joe Crandall served with the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Campaign of World War 2. Two weeks before...

After the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...

Hawk says that the toughest 10 years of his life were after the war. He was trying to be the breadwinner, a Romeo, and...

Marvin Sussman was born in Chicago, Illinois in August 1923. Other than one trip to see his grandparents in New York,...

Alan Moskin always says he is one of the lucky ones. He got emotional some time ago speaking and some of the guilt...

Theodore Noel Carder and his platoon [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division]...

After Gross-Gerau [Annotator’s Note: Gross-Gerau, Germany], Basil C. Hoehn and his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 91st...

Baum's combat command was a reserve command and the 1st 1 into the area at the front of the division. They came under a...

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