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Herman Pbert was in the hospital as the war was ending. He was told he had done a good job cleaning his own shrapnel...

James Read Kirk had never been out of the country before. He went to Bangor, Maine and practiced flying in formations....

In late May 1945, because Frank Finklang did not have enough points to go home, he was transferred to 346th Bombardment...

Vernon Baker continues to describe his Medal of Honor actions in Italy. He began cutting wire on the hill. The wire was...

Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a Second Lieutenant with the 1st Ranger Battalion] and his men were put on a...

Harold Ashton's airplane had radar in it. It was very important for him to have radar, especially over water. While...

Dominick Frank Poliseno says that many of the Italians wanted to run from combat. Their little tanks were easy to knock...

Paul Maymon [Annotator’s Note: with the 17th Field Artillery Regiment] was active in the bitter fighting through the...

Raymond Wells was born in Eagle, Colorado in April 1922. He was living in Secora, New Mexico and remembers the day the...

After five weeks in Casablanca [Annotators Note: Casablanca, Morocco], Henry Dubay and his C-47 [Annotator's Note:...

John Vessey and his unit headed to Fort Dix to prepare to go overseas. They were supposed to go on a French ship but it...

After flight school Darrell Welch joined the 27th Squadron, which is the oldest squadron, and the 1st Group, which is...

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