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Henry Schaller received his pilot's wings in 1944. After he graduated, he was a second lieutenant. He could not hear...

Lewis Thomas Easterling was put on a luxury liner in July 1944 and enjoyed his passage overseas. His ship landed in...

For Ryan O'Brien, going into combat was like going to play a football game. The flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft...

Herbert Heilbrun wore long johns under woolen pants with a warm shirt under a Mae West [Annotator's Note: inflatable...

Fred Amram remembers the Gestapo [Annotator's Note: German Geheime Staatspolizei or Secret State Police; abbreviated...

Leonard Gaj was born in Buffalo [Annotator’s Note: Buffalo, New York] in March 1925. His name, Gaj, is Polish. He had...

[Annotator's Note: Recording begins mid conversation between Hugh Colbert and the interviewer.] Hugh Colbert joined the...

Before the war, Edgar A. Grabhorn had gone to Purdue [Annotator's Note: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana] to...

John McCarthy reached Pearl Harbor on his ship [Annotator’s Note: the repair ship USS Laertes (AR-20)]. They waited...

Gatewood's area was comprised of American POWs. They maintained their ranks and their discipline. Gatewood remembers a...

Samuel Jenkins recalls being in Hünningen for about a month before moving to Lanzerath, Belgium. Bouck [Annotator's...

Eugene Vaadi remained in the military after he was liberated from Moosburg, Germany [Annotator’s Note: Stalag VII A (...

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