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Hillman James Prestridge's most memorable experience from his time in the service was a mistake between him and a...

Donald Strait was born in April 1918 in East Orange, New Jersey, and spent his first five years in Montclair, New...

James Nannini fought in World War 2 because he was drafted, but he would have gone in anyway because many of his...

The beach was already taken when Ubert Labat went into Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France] two days after the...

Robert Kelso was born in Bristow, Oklahoma. He lived up on a farm owned by his grandparents. A few years after he was...

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

Mario DeCarlo recalls electrocuting himself when he attempted to install a light bulb in his pup tent one night. He...

Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went on a...

Joseph Yourkavitch and his comrades usually ate k rations but sometimes got food from the local German population....

From Camp Rucker, Alabama, Robert Mero went to Camp Shanks, New York for embarkation to the European Theater in late...

Dwain Luce feels that they must have loaded up in advance [Annotator's Note: loaded the gliders in preparation for the...

Harold Beal did not want to stay in the Navy. He had PTSD [Annotator's Note: post-traumatic stress disorder; a mental...

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