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When James B. Jones arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was assigned to the first black armored unit in the Army. The...

Stephen Ananian was born in December 1922 in Manhattan, New York City [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...

Johnnie A. Jones, Senior was drafted in 1942 and went to Camp Claiborne [Annotator’s Note: in Rapides Parish, Louisiana...

In July of 1944, John Witmeyer and his men were some of the first American troops to cross the Seine River in France....

John W. Towle was flying towards his target with its flying bombs. The Germans placed their antiaircraft weapons in...

Charles Scheffel was born in Eden, Oklahoma in 1919. His father was an illegal immigrant from Sweden and passed away...

After the mission of the Lost Battalion, Susumas Ito was sent back to the French Riviera for several months. [Annotator...

David Roderick had to keep the lane open in Cherbourg for Patton and the 3rd Army. He also helped stop Hitler’s counter...

Alfons Robert Kleindienst had an uncle who was a Boy Scout [Annotator's Note: Boy Scouts of America youth organization...

Irving Becker was born in 1921 in Vienna, Austria and grew up there. He was an only child. His father was a shoe...

Bill Schwartz's [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division] biggest nightmare...

Arthur Seltzer matured very quickly as a result of the war. He was 18 when he was drafted and 19 on Omaha Beach. He...

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