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

They were able to keep their sanity because they knew the war was going well for them. Once the front line was going...

LSTs [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] do not normally land on a beach unless the beach is secure. Robert Jagers...

Joseph Hochadel landed in the second wave at Anzio and they unpacked their aid station into a jeep. They commandeered...

Richard Field was overseas for about 21 months. His son was born nine months after he returned. They sailed out in a...

Alfred Dietrick was born in 1921. [Annotator's Note: The tape breaks as Dietrick is giving his birthdate]. [Annotator's...

Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...

John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...

Military training was easy for Clarke Langrall, having been a company leader in the cadet corps when he was in high...

Arthur A. Smith was born in August 1924. The war started when he was 17. He had a good idea of what his future would be...

Freddie Ohr learned that his uncle had flown as a top turret gunner in B-25 bombers based in Africa. Ohr did not know...

The Germans were formidable because of their early conquests like the blitzkrieg [Annotator's Note: method of warfare...

Oral History