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Robert Rupp was surprised by the atomic bomb drops on Japan [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

John T. "Jack" Race was Montgomery's [Annotator's Note: British Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery] personal...

Henry Langrehr had heard about the paratroopers. When he went to join, he told them that is what he wanted. At that...

[Annotator's Note: Leslie V. Freeman arrived in England on 14 July 1944 and was assigned to the Army's 83rd Infantry...

Robert A. Stachel was born in June 1924 in Hamtramck, Michigan. Growing up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the...

Only five men survived from the fight on the hilltop. It was the first time Charles Scheffel was wounded. A German had...

Alfons Robert Kleindienst had an uncle who was a Boy Scout [Annotator's Note: Boy Scouts of America youth organization...

After basic training, Don Tallon left Virginia for Africa. The journey took 21 days in a convoy. They had rough weather...

Louis Cardenas was put into the 36th Infantry Division. They learned how to dig foxholes and fire rifles. They would...

Henry Heim was born in April 1921 in Trevorton, Pennsylvania. He had three brothers and two sisters. He was the oldest...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Neil Cox was born in Florala, Alabama in September 1925. He had two brothers and one sister. They lived on a farm. They...

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