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James D. Comeaux was born in August 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Egan, Louisiana. He did a lot of...

Gowan Duffy started his patrol duty on the American and Russian borders. He was rotated home in September [Annotator’s...

Madeleine Peters remembers the Allies landing in France [Annotator's Note: The Normandy D-Day invasion began the...

John Witmeyer boarded ship on 5 June 1944 for transport across the English Channel. Before Witmeyer crossed the channel...

D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] was the most memorable experience Floyd...

Dominic Geraci knew there would be an invasion, but did not know when or where. His was in a replacement unit that...

Takea Iguchi and his family boarded a Japanese ship, and the Americans boarded a Swedish ship. Iguchi had a new bicycle...

When Harold Lightell arrived off the beaches of Normandy, alarms sounded on his ship. The 600 troops on the ship were...

During the assault on Manoir La Fiere [Annotators Note: La Fiere Manor] on D Day, Lieutenant John Marr led his advanced...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was loading the ships [...

Adolph Edward Asher went to France to fight at Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

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