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Edward Dunne and the men [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS LST-53] were told what was going to happen [Annotator's...

Clinton Gardner and the armed forces with him were so well trained that he does not remember being afraid when they...

Arthur Albertson enlisted in the Air Force. He thought that was where he was going but five days after he signed up, he...

After the war, Robert Boeke adjusted back to civilian life easily. He was anxious to start a job. He wanted to go back...

Francis J. Cook remembers the Germans treating GIs harshly in the camps. Food was sparse. He lost about 60 pounds in...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Willett was in Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France.] They finally left Lucky Strike and...

James Craig thinks the war made him grow up. Before he was in the Army, all he knew how to do was farm. He has done a...

James McDermott considered the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress the best airplane there was. He did not like the B-24 [...

Harper Harvey Coleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division] had...

Hawk says that the toughest 10 years of his life were after the war. He was trying to be the breadwinner, a Romeo, and...

George Shenkle [Annotator's Note: serving with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] remembers...

M. Edward Melton was born in Henderson, Kentucky in June 1925. He had a happy childhood. They had no money, but neither...

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