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John Raaen returned to the United States for recovery in early February [Annotator’s Note: February 1945] after being...

Wilbur Thomas was an officer in the Army. He recalled times where he had to lead and support hundreds of troops during...

Elvira Maria Katarina Algermissen Leskovec was born in February 1928 in Hildesheim, Germany. She had one sister who was...

The project by John Eisenhower kick started Lyle Bouck's initiative to contact his former comrades. Bouck has been...

After returning to the United States, Edward Grant remained in the military for some time as an instructor. He was...

Martin Baranek was born in August 1930 in Wierzbnik, Poland, the older of the two sons of his Jewish family. He...

In late April 1944 they [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] were put on...

Wayne O. Hill would come in after the first responders to remove bombs. [Annotator’s Note: Hill discusses a Smithsonian...

Hana Zoltz lived in the ghetto [Annotator's Note: the Lodz ghetto in Poland] as a young girl. She made few friends...

The men learned to pack parachutes and jump from a tower. They had to pack the first 10 parachutes they would use at...

Herbert Heilbrun believes in the power of prayer. On his fourth mission, Heilbrun was flying with 36 airplanes in nine...

Gordon Higgins traveled by train to Camp Shanks, New York, where troops were collecting before shipping out. He was...

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