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Orville Carroll is glad he was not in combat. Two of his brothers were in the armed services as well, in Germany, but...

In France, J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. entered his first combat action [Annotator's Note: with the 28th Infantry Division...

After Henry T. Meyer graduated from high school, he enlisted in the service and went to boot camp where he received...

Benjamin Lesser was born in 1928 in Krakow, Poland. He had two young parents who had two daughters and three sons. Of...

For Robert Gorman, crossing the Roer River was a serious point in his combat experience. Both sides shelled heavily...

Wallace McKay was born in May 1925 on a snowy morning in Brainerd, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm outside the city as...

Harper Harvey Coleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division] had...

Warren Leo Lodholz was born in Bonne Terre, Missouri in November 1920. He grew up with four older brothers. His father...

The war affected Robert Ledford because it made him grow up fast. He went into the service at 18 years old and by 19 he...

When Hersey Goodwin was discharged, it was after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

They [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division] went into Mindanao [...

On 7 December 1941, Stanley "Stan" Levy was sitting on the floor of the family home reading the newspaper and listening...

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