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In May 1943, Burt Richard Sadler would turn 18 years old. He did not want to join the Army because he saw so many drunk...

[Annotators Note: Fred Hirsekorn served in the army as a gunner, then tank commander, and finally tank platoon...

Monroe S. Wolyn would not return fire if it was anti-aircraft fire. If it was enemy fighters, however, they would...

John J. Connelly’s most memorable experience of the war was during night training at Biggs Field [Annotator’s Note:...

Samuel W. Smith arrived in Liverpool [Annotator’s Note: Liverpool, England]. They were loaded on a troop train to...

John Howland was born in Casper, Wyoming in 1920. He can trace his ancestry back to the days of the Pilgrims. After...

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

Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. was always a thinker and he designed a way to make things easier for his men when marching....

Vernon Grimes was born in May 1921 in Wichita [Annotator's Note: Wichita, Kansas]. He grew up with a sister in various...

William H. Biagioni [Annotator's Note: assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry...

Leonard Jindra never saw any troops he served with intentionally commit crimes. It was the rear echelon troops who...

Herman Yates never fully recovered from his wounds in World War 2. He is still on the Veteran's pension plan. When he...

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