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Richard O. "Otto" Bertz wanted to fly but found out he could not so he decided to go to work. He decided to do drafting...

Joe Boitnott was born Monty Joe Boitnott in April 1921 and raised in Maxwell, Iowa. Boitnott’s mother was a housekeeper...

[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2. He was in the Jungvolk...

During World War 2, Ted Winestone joined the partisans [Annotator's note: after escaping from the ghetto in Dworzec,...

Marvin Raymond Edwards got word that the Sixth SS Panzer Army [Annotator's Note: German 6th Panzer Army] that had been...

James Melvin Crane was born in Conehatta, Mississippi in Newton County. At 15 pounds, he was the largest baby boy in...

Martin Richard's first mission was almost complete catastrophe. [Annotator's Note: He flew his firts mission on 6 June...

The place [Annotator's Note: Nordhausen sub-camp of Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, Nordhausen, Germany, 11 April...

They crossed into eastern France and had to wade through a river as they headed towards the German lines. It was muddy...

John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...

Melvin Linkous had an intelligent man in his company [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd...

Richard Graff did not mind being drafted because he knew he was going to have to fight in the war. He thinks his ethic...

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