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Agnes Vertes had a two year old cousin murdered during the Holocaust. The little girl's mother and Vertes' grandmother...

Frank Golemi was in France when the war ended. He flew an aircraft back to the United States. He thought he was going...

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

Ray Dennis Irby turned 17 in 1941. He was in the backyard of his home in Meridian [Annotator's Note: Meridian,...

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

Bernard Knese took off around midnight and crossed the Channel [Annotator’s Note: the English Channel]. They arrived in...

Richard Audler's unit [Annotator's Notes: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit (Forward) 13 or CASU(F)-13] was stationed on...

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

Baptiste was involved in 12 or 14 different battles in the Solomons. They lost heavily on the heavy cruisers like the...

Edward Riedl remembers that Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] was different than Leyte [Annotator's Note:...

Don Carter's most memorable experience of World War 2 is the invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] which hit a mine not far the...

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