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When the American troops landed in Sicily, Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert recalls receiving heavy fire from the...

Clifford Smith was at home reading a comic book and listening to the radio on 7 December 1941 when the news of the...

Eugene Dorsey was assigned to the Navy Armed Guard. He was sent to the Armed Guard Center in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note...

Walter Broll and his ship the Grace Abbott were in the harbor of Bari, Italy for two weeks before the attack took place...

Chester L. Talley does not believe that World War 2 changed him in any way. He did not suffer from nightmares. He...

Gowan Duffy had a bazooka [Annotator's Note: man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon] up on the hill....

His job was to help get new men settled in, but Raymond Wells had a PFC to help him. Next there were orders to go to...

Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...

Robert Tyler Oakes recalls that the prisoners had a homemade radio that they hid from the German guards while he was in...

Arthur Frongello believes the Navy uniform is the most innovative piece of clothing a man could wear. The stripes,...

Glover Pugh was born in March 1925 in Coffeeville, Alabama. His parents separated when he was in the eighth grade, and...

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