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John Marr served as a 1st Lieutenant and commanded 1st Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry...

Richard Asbury flew 126 missions in the war. He only got into fights six times. He thought he was unlucky in...

[Annotator's Note: Gilbert S. Shawn was a prisoner of war after his aircraft was shot down on 12 April 1944.] After...

Daniel Altman’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his friend was shot on the beach of Normandy [...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Eugene Overcash served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 501st...

Josephine Pescatore got to the evacuation hospital with nothing but a small handbag. She had no supplies like a mess...

Martin Richard's first mission [Annotator's Note: from Cheddington, England] was 6 June 1944, D-Day [Annotator's Note:...

When Lutz Windisch pulled out of Normandy [Annotator's Note: following D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...

Hillman James Prestridge's most memorable experience from his time in the service was a mistake between him and a...

Frank Aleksandrowicz remembers that they were coming in on small ships. They went up a hill and to the bunkers on Omaha...

Elmo Bell's 1st Battalion commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Alexander, was always worried about the business...

Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...

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