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Lee O. McKinnon's most memorable experience of World War 2 was his first invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Torch;...

Roger Shaw made a big mistake in his first opportunity as a ship's captain. He was assigned to an Army transport and...

William Blanckenburg was met by a lieutenant colonel who knew that Blanckenburg was married and was an older fellow....

[Annotator’s Note: A dog barking and other noises are audible throughout the segment.] In the fall of 1943, George...

The day Raymond Cauble was hit [Annotator's Note: 29 May 1944], they were over Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna,...

Harley Reynolds notes that when the sun went down that night fighters would sweep over German positions dropping flares...

Going back [Annotator's Note: in his story] to Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944...

Odell Vaughn was wounded while trying to remove a comrade from a minefield. He was awarded the Silver Star for his...

Earl Ervin Clark [Annotator's Note: while serving as a supply officer for the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...

Rothacker Smith began selling root beer to construction workers at projects around Detroit during the Great Depression...

Joseph “Joe” Grossman enlisted in the Navy in June 1944 because he liked water. He was sent to basic training at...

A typical day [Annotators Note: in Italy during the war in 1945] started at 4:40 or 5:00 in the morning. After...

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