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Winnecken Gerhard was sent to Normandy around 15 May 1944, only a few weeks prior to the D-Day invasion [Annotator's...

Walter Halloran spent his first night in France in an apple orchard [Annotator’s Note: Halloran had landed that morning...

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

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

Joseph Geary believes that history repeats itself and it is important for young people to understand what has happened...

[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Bernard B. "Bernie" Bluestein does not remember...

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

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

James Roy Colquitt was born in September 1926 in Needmore, Alabama. He was one of nine children. His family lived on a...

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

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

Francis Dymnicki would wake up very early in the morning to prepare for a bombing mission. Daylight hours in England...

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