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At sea on the Gripsholm, Adolf Wesselhoeft had his first impression that the world was at war. When he arrived in...

Joel Urice remembers the weather was terrible. They had to go through an overcast. There was an opening in the clouds...

Joseph Simpson remembers most profoundly from World War 2 his feelings when he got out of the Rur River. He did not...

Wayne Pierce and the 325th Glider Infantry did not make the fight in Sicily. A couple of days prior to entry into that...

Thomas D. Thompson was observing a dogfight between a P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

Thomas Bondola was happy on the day of liberation [Annotator’s Note: his prison of war (POW) camp was liberated on 3...

James Armstrong had bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber], which was shot...

Richard "Dick" Schneider became a spare tail gunner after the loss of his former crew mates. It was not his preference...

The bases where Alvin Calendar served were often under attack by the enemy. He spent many a night in an air raid...

Lowell Brueland earned the Silver Star after he arrived in France while performing a fighter sweep. He had completed...

One day, William Curtis [Annotator's Note: aboard a ship off Normandy] watched a German plane come in dropping bombs on...

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