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Harold Beal remembers the paratroopers could not do much for them on the beach, but by the end of the day, they were up...

James Craig was a corporal and knew shorthand. A commanding officer wanted him to be his secretary. Craig did not want...

Michael Cokinos grew up in Beaumont, Texas. During the Great Depression, life was pretty strict for him. His parents...

Richard Asbury's favorite aircraft to fly was a toss-up between the P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang...

Everything was rationed during the war. George Grugett's dad told him to go to the ration board and get gas stamps. He...

Herbert W. Ridyard benefited from his service and combat all during his later life. It helped him physically, mentally...

The racism James B. Jones experienced was bad. He thought it was worse for northerners who went to the south. In 1935...

Walter Broll always had a haircut on Saturday. He would then go to confession since he was raised a Catholic. On one...

Arnold Debrick has one regret [Annotator's Note: from his time in Company B, 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th...

Rankin left McChord Field on 14 July 1942 and arrived in Santa Ana, California in 15 July 1942 for preflight training....

In France, J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. entered his first combat action [Annotator's Note: with the 28th Infantry Division...

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