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One night, the battalion command sent John Witmeyer on a patrol behind German lines. Witmeyer took six other men out on...

James Weller pondered whether the accomplishments and sacrifices of the World War II were worthwhile. He sees...

Thomas Ballew served with the 231st Searchlight Battalion which was attached to the 9th Air Force. Ballew was born in...

Philip Schweitzer's training was heavy on hiking, running and jogging. When they returned from furlough, some of the...

Joseph Lesniewski had no problems with his first jumps. He told his sister that when he made the jumps, he would take a...

After they got into Rome and were interrogated, Floyd Dumas and Bill Robb went their separate ways. They stayed in...

After VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], James Anthony Gabour was going on his fourth year...

Ed Tunnicliff was assigned to another tank. A couple days later, after they got knocked out, he thought he was the only...

For Thomas Michael Holt, the worst part about being a prisoner of war was not having food. One American officer was a...

William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was loading the ships [...

Robert Max's most memorable experience of World War 2 was learning that his parents got the news that he was still...

Leslie B. Mason, Junior was born in 1926 in Montevideo, Minnesota. He did not stay there long. His father worked as a...

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