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Fred Hirsekorn was drafted in early 1943. After induction at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas he was sent to Camp Campbell,...

Charles Coolidge took sheep into a minefield instead of sending men through it to be sure there were no mines. Early in...

Herbert Fontenot joined the Navy because it was the only branch that would accept him at 16 years of age. He loved his...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Weiss what he thinks of The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana...

Bell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 15th, 1918. Before the war, Bell had a business manufacturing...

James Melvin Crane was born in Conehatta, Mississippi in Newton County. At 15 pounds, he was the largest baby boy in...

During one battle, Richard Boyd and about five other soldiers were pinned down. The rest of the group ran into the...

DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] did...

The Hurtgen Forest was a real forest. Raymond VanDuzer does not recall there being snow. When they were shelled things...

Besides morphine and cigarettes, John Kerner also carried along scotch. Back in England, they were worried the Germans...

Chester Brewer flew with the 8th Air Force. His crew was from all over the United States. He flew with the 3rd Division...

The first time somebody shoots at you, the bullet pops when it goes past your head. Robert E. Foster remembers that...

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