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Henry Heim was sent to North Africa and then to Italy. They bombed on the other side of the Alps out of Italy. His...

Samuel W. Smith passed his instrument school training a week before graduation. He got a 250 dollar allowance to buy a...

When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...

Frank Curtis McBride’s father and uncle had a pattern shop [Annotator’s Note: a pattern shop develops templates and...

Charles Moore flew in the major airborne operation to cross the Rhine River. Like the operation into Holland, this was...

Fred Gordon remembers two near death experiences during his combat [Annotator's Note: Gordon was an officer in Battery...

James Siracuse was waiting to board the plane [Annotator's Note: for his 22nd mission]. One of his gunners said that he...

Richard Ford recalls one time when they got a bunch of replacements. He thought those guys were something else. Four or...

Wayne Pierce grew up in the small farming community of Polo, Illinois. He was drafted in June 1941 six months before...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear noise in the background throughout the beginning of the segment.] Cecil N. Duck served on...

When James B. Jones arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was assigned to the first black armored unit in the Army. The...

[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt’s father told him to join the Army. He attended Fort McClellan,...

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