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Hillman James Prestridge partook in the biggest operation ever [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...

Howard T. Maki was born in May 1925 and grew up in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. His parents were from Finland. Maki...

Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

Clinton Gardner never thought of his own death but watched a few hundred men die. Gardner got sick and threw up around...

Daniel Altman’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his friend was shot on the beach of Normandy [...

Arthur Seltzer came home after the end of the war. He was discharged and never wanted to talk about his experiences....

Carl Rieman was born in Washington D.C., the only boy of the three children in the family. He lived in the suburbs of...

Charles R. Smith was a senior in high school on 8 December [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941]. They were asked to go...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] prepared for the French...

Harold Baumgarten continues his account of what he did on D-Day at Dog Green Sector [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France...

Roger Bertolini served in the Army as a staff sergeant in 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and...

Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal was tremendously excited in participating in D-Day. He remarks that although Utah...

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