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Ruth Switzer met her husband through her mother and mother-in-law. They never spoke about their World War 2 experience...

They began training every day with full daypacks and practiced moving quickly and efficiently up and down the long...

The Red Cross was rewarding work for Barbara Pathe. She was always there to talk. They were always exhausted. Listening...

There were 18 or 19 men on Thomas J. Blakey's plane [Annotator's Note: from the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...

Leila Morrison was met by a two and a half ton truck [Annotator's Note: two and a half ton, six by six truck, also...

Norris Waddill drove off the barge at Normandy and had a dry landing. He saw dead Seabees [Annotator's Note: members of...

John Noack and his crew finally got a plane. They took their time in breaking it in. Finally they received orders to go...

For Ryan O'Brien, going into combat was like going to play a football game. The flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft...

As the Germans were pushed farther into Germany, they put up less of a fight, according to Robert W. "Doby" Gibson. His...

As a child, Christa Schneider said, living in the middle of the war zone was "terrifying." The roar of the airplanes...

Vernon Leo Tyler occupied Stuttgart [Annotator's Note: Stuttgart, Germany] for several months before he came home. He...

Marvin H. Gohlke was born in Texas in November 1921. He was the oldest child. His mother had four more sons. She died...

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