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At 0530 in the morning of 16 December 1944, they were shelled until daybreak then the German guns stopped. John M....

Darold Rice stated “I grew up,” when asked by the interviewer how the war changed his life. He came back with a renewed...

Rankin had made "Ace in a Day." [Annotator's Note: a term used to describe a fighter pilot scoring five or more...

Bud Loring retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel. After World War 2 he joined a National Guard unit. He had a...

The next morning, possibly around 3 am, Baldwin and the rest of Cannon Company were told to get ready to go ashore. To...

Russell Hoff has vivid memories of his prisoner of war experiences. He has flashbacks that will probably never leave...

Lieutenant John Marr had encounters with other American officers and commanders in the field early on in the Normandy...

Aubrey Bradley had always wanted to fly, but had never been in an airplane before he entered the Army Air Corps. His...

Replacement pilots were in high demand in Europe so Joseph Pilcher was sent to Rennes, France for assignment to a...

Frederick Freeman was born in Saint Louis County in Kirkwood [Annotator's Note: Kirkwood, Missouri] in May 1925. His...

Robert "Bob" Rickel was born in Toledo, Ohio in July 1923. Rickel's father came to the United States from Poland....

In October 1943, George F. Mills was shipped overseas and stationed in South Wales [Annotator's Note: South Wales,...

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