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Ennis C. Warren was born in Wilmer, Alabama in September 1923. His mother died when he was born. He was raised by his...

Guy Stern had come to Saint Louis, Missouri in 1937 when he was 15 years old to escape Nazi Germany. He tried, but...

Elmer Nicholson, Jr. went to high school for two years. He went into the CCs [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation...

Most people do not remember anything and it [Annotator's Note: World War 2] is foreign to them. Charlie Lomax does not...

Richard Frothingham's unit [Annotator's Note: 656th Field Artillery Battalion] got word that they were being...

Joseph Lesniewski liked his M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. It...

The worst thing [Annotator's Note: about the war] for Lionel Baxter was that after the war was over, he was a guard at...

David Paul Spencer’s first day of combat was not too eventful. There was a pretty decent firefight and his unit had a...

Vernon Brantley went to Europe on a British ship manned by sailors of all nationalities. They got two meals a day. The...

John Witmeyer boarded ship on 5 June 1944 for transport across the English Channel. Before Witmeyer crossed the channel...

James Britt went to OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school]. He was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma to an...

Julian Siebert was drafted in May 1942. The next year was very long. He had his basic training in Camp Hood in Texas....

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