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Albion Kenneth Hutcherson was born in Pennsylvania County, Virginia in September 1923. His family moved a lot. His...

One night, the battalion command sent John Witmeyer on a patrol behind German lines. Witmeyer took six other men out on...

Barney Old Coyote was born in April 1923. He spoke the Crow language growing up. Old Coyote was raised by his...

Terry T. Shima was born in January 1923 outside of Hilo, Hawaii. He grew up on a sugar plantation. His parents both...

In 1939, the Germans came into Poland and divided it into two parts. One was annexed by Germany and the other was...

Robert Harris appreciated being an American much more after his experiences in the Second World War. He had thought...

Jack Buckner enlisted because he was patriotic. It was his duty. He always wanted to fly so it was a great opportunity...

Charles R. Smith [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry...

They were supposed to leave around 4 p.m., but they were delayed because the area around Schweinheim had not been...

There was a chaplain in the camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag XVII-B] who went around in an effort to keep up the morale...

Wallace Hurley lost sleep for 14 years over shooting two German soldiers in the back during the war. He met with a man...

Kaare Allan Johnson lived one lot away from a movie theater, The Victory Theater [Annotator's Note: in New York, New...

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