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Edward Shames met the chief of the Dutch Undeground, John Van Kuijk, during Operation Market Garden in September 1944....

Ruth Switzer recalled living in a two family house. Her family lived in the apartment upstairs and another family lived...

Lynn Compton had his orders changed so he could play baseball in Paris. He would look around for facilities for the...

Ryan O’Brien's most memorable experience was when the Messerschmitts [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-109 or...

Frank Buschmeier and his crew had another pilot for a few missions because the pilot was on leave. Fitzroy [Annotator's...

Seymour Reitman was sent to get occupation money because there was a black market thriving. He borrowed money from some...

When James B. Jones arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was assigned to the first black armored unit in the Army. The...

Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...

Robert J. Hutchings was assigned as a stenographer under the command of General Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General...

Neil Cox made it through the Siegfried Line [Annotator's Note: a series of defensive fortifications roughly paralleling...

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary was born Whitman,...

Gerhard Franzky remembers the most important thing after Hitler came to power was that the school schedule changed....

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