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John Marr landed in water up to his armpits on D Day after the jump [Annotators Note: into Normandy] and immediately...

James Mathews was very impressed with what America did during World War 2. He believes there should be institutions...

Different people handle combat in different ways. Richard Willett had a cousin who was a deeply religious family man...

The Hurtgen Forest was thick so they [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] didn...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] They...

Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...

Edward Gerrits was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but was raised in Miami, Florida. He enjoyed going to the Florida...

George Will was born in 1941 in Illinois. He has one memory of the war years. He was four years and three months old...

After landing at Normandy beach for the D-Day Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

On 5 June 1944, the squadron was about to take off to rendezvous with the mine sweepers when Solis “Sol” Kaslow, who...

On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945] Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in...

William Earl Gast was assigned to the 743rd Tank Battalion [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, 1st...

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