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Earl Ervin Clark was born in July 1919 in Londonderry, Vermont. He grew up during the Great Depression and struggled...

William McCowen should never have gotten in the military in the first place. He had trick knees. He played a lot of...

[Annotators Note: John Vessey served in the army as the First Sergeant of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,...

As a kid, Edwin Sved was interested in model airplanes and flying. He remembers how overwhelming it was to see the new...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was on the beach [...

For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...

In the beginning, Alfred Dietrick would go to the movies before going overseas and the Germans looked invincible. The...

Edward J. Leonard was in a German half-track [Annotator's Note: M3 half-track; a vehicle with front wheels and rear...

Robert Jagers went to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in...

For two or three days, the Germans would stop, shoot at the American troops and then run [Annotator's Note: during the...

Raymond Cauble just wanted to fly. There was a boy with them on the train to California. When they graduated, he went...

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