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Seymour Reitman entered a mountainous area with a panzer [Annotator's Note: German term for tank or armored] division...

Barbara Heming's story is similar to all of those Germans who came from the east during the bleak period in the 1940s...

Eva Nathanson's fever was getting worse, but all they could do was cool her face with wet cloths. One day, she heard...

Wayne Pierce and his regiment were moved to an airbase in the south of England in anticipation of the start of the...

Henry Lederer says the crosshair gun sight they used was horse and buggy compared to what they have today. They knew...

Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr. was assigned to the 467th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 467th Bombardment Group], 8th Air...

Donald L. Beeghly was born in Sabetha, Kansas in May 1925. His father worked for Union Pacific but was laid off during...

Before Vernon Tweedt was discharged in Germany, his then-girlfriend had written him. A pastor had offered her a job...

Ben Kuroki has been ever so grateful for the fellow Americans who went to bat for him decades after the war. Their...

Kenneth Barnette was drafted into the Army at age 18 in March 1943. He was sent to Fort Barkley in Abilene, Texas for...

Neil Cox thought he was blessed because he was raised on a farm. He grew up working hard and shooting guns. One soldier...

Leon Schafer and the crew [Annotator's Note: of the USS LST-502] got orders home in November 1944. They could not wait...

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