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James D. Comeaux was born in August 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Egan, Louisiana. He did a lot of...

Antoinette Underwood and the hospital staff [Annotator's Note: of the 129th General Hospital] knew an invasion was...

Roger Bertolini served in the Army as a staff sergeant in 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and...

Wilson Shoughrue was pulled off the line in the last week in January [Annotator's Note: January 1945]. The clouds...

Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] became a...

Bernard Knese took off around midnight and crossed the Channel [Annotator’s Note: the English Channel]. They arrived in...

After a psychological exam and basic training at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama, Bernard Hillenbrand was selected...

Many Jewish people in the Army spoke other languages, and sometimes the words would get mixed up. Yiddish [Annotator's...

Joseph Kagan remembers the ship [Annotator’s Note: going overseas] was crowded. He was an officer and had a room to...

Edward Riedl remembers that Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] was different than Leyte [Annotator's Note:...

When Harold Lightell arrived off the beaches of Normandy, alarms sounded on his ship. The 600 troops on the ship were...

Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

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