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Once James O. Evans completed all his training, he was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and sent to Fort Meade,...

Peter Hirschmann was born in December 1924 in Nuremberg, Germany. He was raised there as the son of a patriotic World...

Wilson Shoughrue and the others went overseas aboard a British liner. The trip took about five days after which they...

Arnold Debrick went to Camp Hood, Texas for basic training. He was used to hard work so basic training was not all that...

Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...

Robert G. Frey crossed the Rhine River in March [Annotator's Note: March 1945]. The Air Force had taken out most of the...

James E. Haynes Sr. was born in December 1923 in Dorchester County at Summerville, South Carolina. He was one of 12...

John R. Eisenach [Annotator’s Note: assigned as a medic with the 173rd General Hospital] boarded a ship and headed for...

David Roderick had to keep the lane open in Cherbourg for Patton and the 3rd Army. He also helped stop Hitler’s counter...

Basil C. Hoehn is glad he served and learned a lot from being in the service, but is glad it’s over. His most memorable...

[Annotator’s Note: Pena begins mid-sentence] William Pena was commissioned as an officer in the army and reported to...

Cosmo Uttero returned to Normandy, France for the 70th anniversary of D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on...

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