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

Erwin Blonder recalls the tactics that the Germans used in France. They would use small scale hit and run tactics. They...

F.M. Richard Simons did not smoke and gave his daily cigarettes away. So many people in World War 2 were given free...

By 17, Herman Pbert was a construction engineer [Annotator's Note: in Piedicavallo, Italy]. In the meantime, the war...

Wilburn K. Ross had his molars knocked out in France by shrapnel. His company commander had sent him and about eight of...

Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. joined the National Guard after he returned from World War 2. He worked as an aid for the...

Thomas Michael Holt was born in July 1919 in Oak Ridge, North Carolina. His father was head of a military school. Most...

After high school, Ralph F. Lafferty went mountain climbing with his brothers. During that summer, he worked at a ranch...

Frank Finklang was born in April 1924 in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri]. He served with the...

To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....

In September 1943, Harold Ashton's squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 21 (VP-21)] was sent to England. On the...

Paul Maymon was born in June 1920 and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked with a fabric company until it...

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