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Robert Ledford wanted to join the Army because he wanted to be on the ground fighting the enemy. When he heard the...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] was asked if he knew how to fly an airplane...

Walter Broll was told by one of the officers on the Grace Abbott that he should go to the English aid station at the...

Rudy Cravens thinks the war made him grow up. He remembers the night before their first attack. He was happy when he...

Carl Peterson went into the Battle of the Bulge near Aachen [Annotator's Note: Aachen, Germany]. He was only there...

[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with a black screen.] Nicholas John Compagno was born in 1916 and grew up in New...

Around February or March 1943, Robert Jagers was told to report to LST-351 [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351, a...

Earl Ervin Clark and the 10th Mountain Division were returning by sea when they heard about the United States dropping...

John Robert Mannarino was born in the West End of Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts]. He spoke Italian...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...

Edward LaPorta does not recall the date he was captured at Kasserine Pass in North Africa. He believes that the reason...

Johnny Ngai crossed the Rhine River [Annotator's Note: into Germany]. Three days later they were told the war would be...

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