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George McGovern had never been in an airplane before he took a civilian course. He was scared but eventually got over...

Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Ranger Battalion] was appointed by Darby [Annotator's Note: Colonel...

In 1943, elements of Ralph F. Lafferty's unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...

The war ended on May 8th, 1945. Coincidentally it was Hairston's birthday. It was also Truman's [Annotators Note:...

Dominic Martello was in the barracks laying on the floor, unable to walk or get up [Annotator's Note: during liberation...

Claude L. Lewis remembers they had to dig foxholes. The Germans had left big piles of sandbags. They could see the...

Norman Kinsey had a good basis of organization. One of the things learned in the military is that he was not an...

Frank Finklang had intentions to go to pilot training but learned that the Air Force closed pilot school. He decided to...

Reneau Breard [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] was...

In January or February 1942, President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt] signed Executive Order...

Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry...

On 1 April 1943 Raymond Wells boarded a troop train to New York where they went aboard a ship. His brother Irwin, who...

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