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When Edward LaPorta landed in Oran all he could see was the German fortress which had two giant spotlights shining out...

On Christmas Day 1943 [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1943], Norman Raner was told he was receiving a battlefield...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

William Banghart drove a lieutenant in a general’s jeep. This could have led to a court martial. Banghart was in the...

From his vantage point, Charles Kitowski could tell that the war was shifting in favor of the Allies. The Italian...

Howard T. Maki found that the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note: the Purple Heart Medal is award bestowed upon a United...

Roger Shaw returned to the United States by way of Northern Ireland. The SS George Gayle sailed alone before reaching...

Of all the ground crew personnel, Edwin Sved recalled only one with whom his crew got close. He told the tale of a...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard lived in Gulfport [Annotator’...

Timothy Mahoney left the military older. The war made him more responsible. When he left the service, he was married...

In addition to making him more alert, the war also improved Walter Broll's outlook on life. In meeting a former Me-109...

Harley Reynolds notes that today everything is different from what they were doing. Reynolds notes that they had to do...

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