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Lewis Guidry had difficulty leaving his wife and son when he entered military service. He had moved them in with her...

Robert Nichols Cresswell was a participant [Annotator’s Note: as a truck driver with the 291st Engineer Combat...

When Theodore Finkbeiner landed on Anzio Beach he and the other landing troops were bombed and strafed. Company G [...

Dominic Geraci was drafted in February 1943. His dad did not feel much about his being drafted. His mom was more upset...

Darrell D. Gust's squadron [Annotator's Note: 358th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] spent...

During basic training in Miami Beach [Annotator's Note: Miami Beach, Florida], Raymond Mabarac lived in a hotel for a...

Norman Johnson recalls moving through France and into Germany and how many of the people stood down and surrendered as...

Aschaffenburg, Germany was secured quickly. The Germans sent word that they wanted to surrender but would only do so to...

When Mancel Kirk was in the Anzio beachhead the only time they could get out [Annotators Note: of their foxholes] was...

The M10 tanks [Annotator's Note: M10three inch Gun Motor Carriage, tank destroyer] had a heavy turret but it was open,...

James Cockrell was born in Alabama in December 1924. He grew up where his parents had grown up. When he was young, they...

James McDermott does not think the Japanese surrender affected him as much as the war in Europe ending did because he...

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