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Norris Waddill was selected with two other men to go into the D-Day invasion. He was to accompany the 1st Infantry...

During the invasion of Southern France [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944...

Leonard Gaj hit the ground quickly when he jumped [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...

Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] gave support to the landing forces around...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into the Navy...

At the conclusion of World War 2, there were celebrations, but Thomas W. Gillette did not participate because he had...

Gowan Duffy remembers the waters were still rough from the storm the day before. As they hit the shore [Annotator’s...

Clifford Campbell was born in Oklahoma in November 1924. His family was poor growing up. In 1936, his father bought a...

Ghislaine Hegerty became more responsible as a result of World War 2. She saw death and destruction during the war. She...

Bud Olson [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne...

Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...

In 1944, in a town called Baupte, France, Carl Beck says there was a man named Henri D. Schmidt, a Belgic [Annotator's...

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