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Tom Quigley recalls how when they were approaching Brest, he saw a soldier who was directing traffic get hit by an 88...

Frank Ramsey wanted to be in the Army Air Corps. His uncle had served in the First World War [Annotator's Note: World...

[Annotators Note: Fred Hirsekorn served in the army as a gunner, then tank commander, and finally tank platoon...

Murray Stein remarked that they were liberated by the 104th Division [Annotator's Note: 104th Infantry Division]. Stein...

Harold Stanford Cole did not experience segregation while he was growing up. When he got into the service, he did not...

William Meredith had the option to train to be a pilot, bombardier, or navigator. Meredith was in civil engineering. He...

Donald E. Casey served as a navigator for the 379th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in Kimbolton, England flying B-17s...

William Burrus was drafted [Annotator's Note: in the spring of 1943] and went to Fort McClellan, Alabama for induction...

Robert W. Paschal was born in November 1924 in the small town of Corsicana, Texas. He attended public school and...

Herman Molen remembers some pilots had good records and others did not. The lead plane had two engines out [Annotator’s...

Jack Madden took his basic training for the United States Navy in Newport, Rhode Island. He originally signed up to...

Norris Bucksell says that Rome, Italy is hard to beat. The war ending was great, but Rome was the best. Even the buses...

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