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James Cockrell was born in Alabama in December 1924. He grew up where his parents had grown up. When he was young, they...

Vernon Alexander was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1924 and lived there for the first five years of his life. His dad...

Jerome Harold Black went to Allied Headquarters [Annotator's Note: Allied Force Headquarters, or AFHQ, in Caserta,...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout the interview as he had a stroke and has trouble...

Donald Lewis was in the bottom of a lifeboat that was crowded [Annotator's Note: after the SS Athenia was struck by a...

Asked to recall his worst memories of the Hurtgen Forest, James Flannigan replied, "The day I went in, 'til the day I...

William Cassady remembers Saipan [Annotator’s Note: Battle of Saipan, Mariana Islands; 15 June to 9 July 1944] was...

Lyle Bouck thought about escaping twice. Reid [Annotators Note: Bouck’s friend Matt Reid] and Bouck were on a detail...

When Kenneth H. Bailey landed on Utah Beach [Annotator's Note: Utah Beach, Normandy, France], they drove the LST [...

Joseph Kagan remembers the ship [Annotator’s Note: going overseas] was crowded. He was an officer and had a room to...

John W. Towle volunteered for the service. He had been attending the University of Tennessee but had a wreck and was...

Initially training in single engine airplanes with an instructor, Robert Heller liked flying, but was a "little bit...

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