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The war had been going on for about three years, and when Bryan Compton landed in southern France [Annotator's Note: on...

Raymond Burchell walked from Holland back to France. They came upon a British motor pool who transported the men back....

After he left the service, Armiger Jagoe went back to Harvard, but left after a week because he couldn’t sit in a...

After contracting polio [Annotator's Note: poliomyelitis, an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system...

Since there was a war, Robert Madison said, he was grateful that he got to serve, even though there was discrimination...

John Shirley was born in December 1924 in Santa Ana, California. He had two sisters. He was in school during the...

William Leo Spaetgens had his life changed by the Second World War. If a person could not work for something or pay for...

Robert Jagers used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

Clarke Langrall was born in December 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up during the Great Depression, things were...

Sicily was an easier operation than Italy. Theodore Finkbeiner and his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd...

Joseph Hairston ended up going to artillery school. The rest of the Army was segregated, however, OCS [Annotator's Note...

Rothacker Smith and his comrades in the 366th Infantry Regiment prepared for combat and formed up in the city of Barga...

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