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Peter Hirschmann transitioned from being a child to a man as a result of the war. His brother served in military...

Louis Cardenas was born in April 1919 in San Antonio, Texas. His father had a good job in the civil service. He was not...

Eugene Vaadi was born 1 July 1921 Watertown, New York. He spent his life there until entering the military. His father...

World War II changed John McCarthy and his life tremendously. Without the war, he might have been a factory worker....

Wallace Hurley was discharged as a Private First Class in 1946. He never used the G.I. Bill for education because he...

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...

In 1949, Robert Haffner helped establish the Detroit Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association and served as...

Burt Richard Sadler did not have time to think about the end of the war. He thought he would be sent to drive landing...

Leslie Aigner finished his apprenticeship and began working as a machinist after the war. He lived under a communist...

Rackley did not have much of a relationship with his commanding officer [Annotator's Note: Rackley is referring to his...

Lewis A. Strandburg first saw paratroopers of the 507 [Annotator's Note: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment] on the...

Joseph Brannan was based for a time in Leghorn, Italy as the city was called in English. It is referred to as Livorno...

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