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Once Wayne Lebsack earned his jump wings, he was sent across the English Channel to an already secure Normandy [...

Captain Smith was surprised to see John M. Roberts and his buddies show up as he had them listed as missing in action....

John Witmeyer boarded ship on 5 June 1944 for transport across the English Channel. Before Witmeyer crossed the channel...

Itka Bloch remembers the first tank coming in [Annotator's Note: to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near...

After completing high school, George Reitmeier applied, was accepted, and joined the Army Specialized Training Program...

Robert Harris was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1922. The years of the Great Depression were tough. It hit hard in...

Lowell Brueland saw that Germany had its last big gasp during the Battle of the Bulge. His squadron [Annotator’s Note...

Carl Payne came home to the naval base in Virginia. He was discharged in Indiantown Gap [Annotator’s Note: Indiantown...

Maurice Hackler's final mission gave him some concern. The departure of his pilot after Hackler's 30th mission meant...

Charles Scheffel met up with the 9th Infantry Division near the airport in Algiers. It was the 9th Division's job to...

The Germans were very proud people. They always managed to put on hats and some kind of gloves. Somehow or other, John...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer begins this clip by asking Elfriede Clausen about the bombing of Dresden, Germany.]...

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