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Among the prisoners in Ralph Sykes' prison were Hermann Goering's wife and daughter. The wives of other prisoners were...

On 8 May 1945, the war ended, and R.M. Wilkes was told to stand down. After a few weeks, he was sent to Czechoslovakia...

In November 1942, Sam Goldstein was drafted and sent to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: Fort Dx, New Jersey] for induction...

Hannan gives some background about his life in prewar Italy. He explains the attitude of the German youth and of an...

Harley Reynolds had never been more than 20 or 30 miles away from home. In one day’s time, he more than exceeded that...

Peter Harry has bad dreams about the war. He goes to meetings and they talk about the Battle of the Bulge and that...

Jesse Schraub was transferred to an infantry unit when the Army Specialized Training Program [Annotator's Note: Army...

John Francis Angier was born in June 1923 in Burlington, Vermont. He feels fortunate he was brought up on a dairy farm...

Vernon Wold was infantry in World War 2 and a medic in Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to 1953]. He went to...

For Robert Murphy, returning to Sainte Mere Eglise and making the annual jumps was for his comrades. The guys he served...

Donelson Houseman experienced a terrible event after he was liberated. He went into town and could see the tanks [...

Howard Genrich was born in 1925 in Algona, Iowa. At the time he was born, his parents were living with his grandparents...

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