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Robert Max's most memorable experience of World War 2 was learning that his parents got the news that he was still...

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

Edwin Slomka was in the hospital until June [Annotator's Note: June 1945], when he was shipped down to the George...

When Henry Schaller arrived at his base in Italy and saw the airplanes, he cried. He could not believe they actually...

Francis Hurd's unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 291st Engineer Combat Battalion] was responsible for keeping the...

The closest Kenneth H. Bailey got to combat engagement was in the Mortain [Annotator's Note: Mortain, France]...

After being discharged from the service, William McCowen attended college at Denver University [Annotator's Note:...

Shirley Guidry and his unit [Annotator's Note: the 1143rd Engineer Combat Group serving in Europe] took continuous...

Ruth Switzer was born in July 1934 in Vienna, Austria. Her parents were Jews who moved there from Poland so her father...

Lynn Compton goes by the nickname Buck. Compton was born and raised in Los Angeles. He went to high school and then to...

The Red Cross had to raise 75,000 dollars for the statue [Annotator’s Note: for a Red Cross memorial]. It was made by...

Harley Harned boarded a converted luxury liner for transport to Europe. [Annotator’s Note: Someone comes into the...

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