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After the Battle of El Guettar [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of El Guettar, 23 March to 7 April 1943; El Guettar,...

Henry Dubay and his C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft] squadron [Annotator’s Note: 34th...

Walter Barnes was born in New Orleans and grew up on Webster Street in the Uptown neighborhood. Life was good for him....

In September 1943, Harold Ashton's squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 21 (VP-21)] was sent to England. On the...

Dominick Frank Poliseno was born in 1918 in Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: Sharpsville, Pennsylvania]. His father was...

Olin Pickens dealt with nightmares for years after his time in captivity as a prisoner of war, often dreaming about...

Joseph Hochadel and his squad started down the road and a German tank began to shell them. It was traumatic and they...

Many of Barney Hajiro's friends died or were wounded in the Vosges Mountains of France. It was sad. The 36th Division...

Roger Shaw boarded another ship after his assignment as captain of the Army transport. The ship had a radio operator...

Alexander Jefferson named his plane "Margot" after his classmate's sister. She attended graduation when Jefferson...

The experience of seeing the kids wanting American candy, and the subsequent revelation of the ship that had passed...

Bruce LaRose was born in Pennsylvania. He remembers the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...

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