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Leonard Gaj enlisted in March 1943 because he thought it was his duty to protect the United States of America. It was...

Leon Schafer is certain the war affected his life afterwards. Number one, he never left his wife. When he got home, he...

Harley Bridger recalls a mission on 13 October, Friday the 13th, 1944 to Blechhammer, Germany. It was a synthetic oil...

Lieutenant John Marr crossed the bridge at La Fiere with a group of about 75 men from Company G, 507th Parachute...

Willard Haul "Jack" Coop was born in April 1924 in Sulphur, Kentucky. He grew up with two younger sisters. His family...

Training was very good. Richard O. "Otto" Bertz had been an Eagle Scout [Annotator's Note: highest achievement in the...

Robert Geller’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing the end of the war. He watched artillery shows of...

Paul Arst was sent to Camp Robinson, Arkansas, for basic training. While there, he did his weapons training on machine...

[Annotators Note: Fred Hirsekorn served in the army as a gunner, then tank commander, and finally tank platoon...

Isadore Bronstein met his wife while he was in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] as a member...

Theodore Finkbeiner does not know why his unit was pulled out of its positions. When they moved into their new...

After his first combat [Annotator's Note: during Operation Avalanche, 9 to 16 September 1943, Salerno, Italy], Alfred...

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