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William Leo Spaetgens had his life changed by the Second World War. If a person could not work for something or pay for...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was sent overseas [Annotation...

Charles Coolidge took sheep into a minefield instead of sending men through it to be sure there were no mines. Early in...

William McCowen thinks it is important to have the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...

Earl Ervin Clark was born in July 1919 in Londonderry, Vermont. He grew up during the Great Depression and struggled...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...

Wilburn K. Ross had his molars knocked out in France by shrapnel. His company commander had sent him and about eight of...

The worst part of the fighting for Johnny Ngai was fighting in to Cassino [Annotator's Note: Cassino, Italy]. Rocks and...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was on the beach [...

Twenty minutes out of his home base and Barney Old Coyote was in enemy territory. is first mission was to Rouen, France...

Robert Jagers' daily routine [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS LST-351] consisted of standing a four-hour watch, called...

Raymond Cauble landed his aircraft after being wounded in flight and was taken to a hospital. That night it hurt, and...

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