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Darold Rice and his men made their way over the sand dunes and passed by the bodies of several dead Germans. They came...

[Annotator's Note: Hugh Colbert served as a messenger in Company B, 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th...

Nobody on Omer Van Huylenbrouck's plane was ever wounded by flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] as far...

Frank J. Waldeck was born in May 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended high school there before studying accounting and...

Once back in the United States, Frank Jasicko received a 14-day furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...

John L. Cowan was asked to teach incoming recruits how to handle a Garand rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-...

John Kerner heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while he was walking down the street and overheard it. He and...

John Arthur Stege was born in Los Angeles, California in October 1920. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the...

Elmo E. Bell retired from the US Army as a full colonel. His Mississippi National Guard retired grade is brigadier...

James Albert Kitts was born in August 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the oldest child with two brothers and four...

Gerald Claassen was sent home by way of Le Havre [Annotator’s Note: Le Havre, France] and was given a 30-day leave [...

Oscar Johnson was taken to Frankfurt after being held in Bonn for a short time. All he gave the enemy was his name,...

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