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The most dangerous time William Blackwood can remember during his service was when he was in London during the V-1 and...

Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...

Leonard Spivey enjoyed his baptism by fire on his first mission. Their first mission was on 22 June and they went to...

Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...

Arthur Seltzer matured very quickly as a result of the war. He was 18 when he was drafted and 19 on Omaha Beach. He...

As a "lowly naval officer", Milton Muelder knew his opinion that the plans in place were "no damn good," and decided...

James O. Evans was born in 1925 in Rustin, Louisiana. His father owned a cotton farm and from an early age Evans worked...

Clayton Kelly Gross had to make an emergency landing on Omaha Beach before he went home. He flew a mission over the...

James Flannigan said the replacement lieutenants came in all sorts and he particularly remembered one who earned the...

Manfred Bahman and his family fled Dresden [Annotator’s Note: Dresden, Germany] after the Allies had destroyed the city...

James Pritchett was born in Thomaston, Alabama in 1924, and grew up during the Great Depression. His family "got along...

Roland Chaisson volunteered for the Army when he was 17. He didn't like the Navy and the Marine Corps sounded too tough...

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