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Vernon Tweedt does not recall where he was when a trainload of people came through the town. They were packed like...

When Wayne O. Hill was in Belgium, the people were starving. They tried to help them with the harvest. They went to see...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

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

Johannes Aalders was born in February in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. He grew up with two younger sisters. His father...

Joseph Motil was deferred for six months and then went into the service on 22 January 1942. Motil was born on 24 July...

Fred Amram talks about his family members' names starting with the letter M. In 1801, Napoleon [Annotator’s Note:...

Chester Strunk and his fellow crewmen were approached by locals on horseback immediately following their parachute...

Francis Neilson was born in October 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. His parents divorced when he was a toddler, and his...

John Noack went on to fly on 1 December to fly his 13th mission. It also happened to be Noack’s 24th birthday. He came...

John L. Cowan was asked to teach incoming recruits how to handle a Garand rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

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