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Rogers, John Frozen Roads, Chow and Carrying a Tommy Gun
John Rogers recalls that the area they were operating in and out of was Modave, Belgium. Modave was where they lost the...
Gustafson, Gerald Growing Up in Stockton
Gerald “Gerry” Gustafson was born in December 1921 in Chicago [Annotator’s Note: Chicago, Illinois] and grew up in...
Ehlers, Walter Moving Inland From Omaha Beach
Walter Ehlers moved his squad up the hill to the trenches [Annotator's Note: during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on 6...
Blass, Gus Tiger Tanks, St. Vith and the Smell of Nordhausen
Gus Blass, II had a captain during the war named Brooks Norman. After the war Blass wrote him a letter. Norman...
Dillon, Gerard Readying for the Rhine River
Gerard Dillon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th...
Zingheim, John Nordhausen Concentration Camp
Dr. John Julien Zingheim does not remember going to Cologne [Annotator's Note: Cologne or Köln, Germany], but thinks he...
Blakey, Thomas Prewar Life to Jump School
Thomas J. Blakey was born in Nacogdoches, Texas in 1920. [Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Blakey where he was...
Sciortino, Philip Reflections
Philip Sciortino has a portrait in his office of him during his service in the Philippines. Sciortino recollects his...
Coolidge, Charles Combat in Sicily and Italy
Charles Coolidge left Camp Edwards near Boston to go to New York before going overseas. He was at sea for 13 days then...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 7
Mancel Kirk survived the war well. He did not get shell shock like some others did. The worst thing he suffered was the...
O'Brien, Ryan Prewar Life
Ryan O'Brien was born in March 1922 in Los Angeles, California. The Great Depression started when he was seven. His dad...
Dymnicki, Francis Becoming an Airman
Francis Dymnicki attempted to become a pilot in the Air Force. Half of his friends wanted to do the same. Dymnicki was...

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