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John Shirley wrote ten war stories. His first day in combat was memorable. He climbed out of a ditch and onto the...

Ralph “Bud” Ginrich was born in July 1919 in Emigsville [Annotator’s Note: Emigsville, Pennsylvania]. His father died...

William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...

[Annotator's Note: William Fili, his tail gunner, and radio operator were all captured and placed in a village jail...

[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hum throughout the interview.] Charles William "Tom" Clark was in a small village in...

Perrett was sent on a truck to Little Creek, Virginia. When Mr. Higgins [Annotators Note: Andrew Higgins] finished...

Edward LaPorta and the other POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] did not hear them [Annotator's Note: the German...

F.M. Richard Simons always had food. The food in the camps was not too bad. They did not complain as long as they had...

Harry Boughman said he wasn't scared. He had to concentrate on the job at hand. On the two occasions he was wounded, it...

Charles McGee was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1919. After third grade he moved to Illinois. He also spent some time in...

Lloyd Rogers joined the service in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had basic training in St...

David Dennis does not recall when or how he learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor but does recall hearing that the...

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