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Lionel Baxter trained on howitzers. They went through [Annotator's Note: training] in eight weeks because they were...

James Moshovitis was born in March 1925 in Washington, D.C., the only son of three children born to Greek immigrants....

Abe Milkis landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Rather than entering France as a...

Roy Creek remembered taking the bridge at Chef-du-Pont [Annotator's Note: Chef-du-Pont, France]. The bridge was intact...

more missions after D-Day and then returned to the United States. He was in Milwaukie on V-E Day and in Louisiana when...

At the conclusion of World War 2, there were celebrations, but Thomas W. Gillette did not participate because he had...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne...

Armando Galella's duties changed when he became battalion sergeant major, working at headquarters and answering only to...

Byron Othello Wilkins was taught what to do if he became a POW but no one figured they would become POWs. They boarded...

When President Truman [Annotator's Note: Truman, Harry S., 33rd President of the United States] dropped the atomic...

Robert L. Williams' buddy Joseph Slosarczyk was in charge of the pigeons. In England, Joe was tasked with throwing...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard was born in August 1925 in Ottawa, Kansas. He grew up there. He had three sisters and two...

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