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Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert had come down with malaria while in Sicily. Gilbert recalled the good weather on the...

During the invasion [Annotator's Note: the invasion of North Africa], Dominic Martello went down a rope ladder while...

Frank Mancuso was born and raised in the 9th ward of New Orleans and attended C.J. Colton High School. His father died...

Rothacker Smith served as a medic in the Army in Italy during World War 2 where he was wounded and later captured by...

After completing 17 weeks of infantry basic training, Tokuji Yoshihashi was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi. After two...

Looking back, F.M. Richard Simons and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry...

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

During World War 2, Clifford Smith thought he was on an adventure. He does not consider himself as a hero, conqueror,...

Mary T. Heany was being romantic with an officer. It was against the rules for officers and enlisted people to...

Edward J. Leonard remembers going into Rome [Annotator’s Note: Rome, Italy]. They had not had any sleep for a few days...

Ralph “Bud” Ginrich crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary. He had completed basic training just fine. Reaching...

The weather in North Africa was good for Johnny Ngai but there were a lot of bugs. Casablanca [Annotator's Note:...

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