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David Roderick knew the true goal was to capture Cherbourg at the end of the peninsula which took until 25 June. It was...

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

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

Gerald West walked back two miles to the main camp and Edson [Annotator's Note: USMC Colonel, later Major General,...

Eveline Peardon and her siblings visited the young soldiers every day after D-Day [Annotator’s Note: the 6 June 1944...

Burton Johnson remembers when he heard of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Harry Truman was not a surprise as...

Donald W. Bertino arrived at Utah Beach [Annotator's Note: Utah Beach was one of the two American landing beaches in...

Robert W. McDonald [Annotator's Note: serving in the US Eighth Air Force] pulled detail one night as the kitchen ran 24...

Carl Light had not done much traveling before he went into the service. He adapted to military life really well and...

Abe Milkis landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Rather than entering France as a...

The division [Annotator's Note: 31st Infantry Division] was then transferred to the island of Morotai [Annotator's Note...

Robert Christie was in combat for a few weeks before his tank was hit. They had to bail out of their tank. He was not...

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