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John W. Towle was shot down on 28 February 1944 over Normandy. The news of the war was scarce in occupied France so...

Philip Schmidt received his orders to go overseas in November 1944. In the year and a half he was at Fort Polk [...

Eugene T. Leavy was introduced to combat as the 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division quickly advanced...

William Jucksch was born in October 1925 in McAllen, Texas. His parents separated when he was just a toddler, and his...

Lowell Brueland flew missions on 6 June [Annotator’s Note: 6 June 1944] in Normandy. The first mission was to...

Chester Strunk was recruited and enlisted [Annotator's Note: in June 1942] but then told to return to college and await...

Nicholas J. Zuras was on the USS Barnett (APA-5), which formed part of the landing force in Southern France [Annotator'...

The Germans were good soldiers, well-trained, had good equipment, and did not want the Americans there. Thomas J....

Stegmeier enlisted because everybody was doing it. There was a draft going on and if you didn't enlist you would be...

Stanley Jack Birnbaum worked on the battery component in the development of the proximity fuse. He explains the process...

Richard Asbury flew 126 missions in the war. He only got into fights six times. He thought he was unlucky in...

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