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[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as an A-20 pilot in the 669th Bombardment Squadron, 416th...

It took George Kays’ unit [Annotator’s Note: 136th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] 48 hours to set up...

The D Day assembly plans for paratroopers like John Marr were completely forgotten in the chaos of the jump. The...

When James F. Dorris, Jr. first went into the service, he took tests to see what he was qualified for. He was put into...

On 10 September 1944, R.M. Wilkes was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: near Orangetown, New York] and two days...

Robert Whitcomb was put in a compound with Polish prisoners who had been there for six years [Annotator's Note: at...

A great deal of camaraderie had been established in the unit, especially among the guys Fred Hirsekorn had been in the...

Clayton Kelly Gross should have been on the first combat mission, but when it happened he was in the hospital with a...

Leonard Spivey was at the airfield for a few days. They were at the airfield on V-E Day. All hell was breaking loose on...

Off in the distance they could hear dogs barking. They knew that they were being searched for. They were sitting around...

Robert S. Rugeley became a replacement after his training. He left Camp Crowder [Annotator's Note: later Fort Crowder...

Walter Trauner remembers the people were nice. They were taken over by the Nazis. He had cousins who were in the German...

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