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Walter Broll sailed north of Iceland on his first convoy. The ship zig-zagged over the course of the voyage. He did...

When his crew got to Italy, Edwin Sved said they lived in tents in a farm field, and flew out of a makeshift airstrip...

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

The war affected Robert Ledford because it made him grow up fast. He went into the service at 18 years old and by 19 he...

After the shooting [Annotator's Note: white officers shooting black soldiers after fight in Louisiana], Joseph Hairston...

[Annotator’s Note: A dog barking and other noises are audible throughout the segment.] George Tamburello [Annotator’s...

The Italian campaigns were the toughest part of Nicholas John Compagno's World War 2 experience. Being part of the 36th...

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

The uniform pants Walter Barnes wore were baggy and the jackets hung out. The uniform was made of a canvas type...

William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the US Army Air Forces] was about 20 miles away from where Mussolini [...

Merrill J. Clark's company [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain...

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

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