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At the beginning of 1945, the United States military broke through into the Po Valley, and Alberta Hatala and his unit...

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

Roland Chaisson volunteered for the Army when he was 17. He didn't like the Navy and the Marine Corps sounded too tough...

In the summer of 1942, Dominick Frank Poliseno was inducted at Fort Niagara [Annotator's Note: near Youngstown, New...

Roger Shaw was 22 years old when he returned to the United States. When he got back to the United States, he went up...

Kassal prepared to go to London to deploy to Japan, but the war ended before he reached London. He stayed in Europe for...

Harley Reynolds was one of the first people under fire during the invasion of North Africa. Reynolds saw fighting on...

In October 1944, Harold Ashton deployed to Hawaii. He trained and patrolled there for a month, then flew to Tinian [...

When they [Annotator's Note: George McGovern and the men on his aircrew] got back to the field they realized they had...

Alex Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group was...

Once Darrell Welch decided to become a pilot, he decided it was a good calling. He never had any trouble in flight...

Walter Henry Barton was born on in Chicago, Illinois in June 1925. He lived in Chicago until being called to active...

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