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Gowan Duffy remembers the waters were still rough from the storm the day before. As they hit the shore [Annotator’s...

Marvin Perrett was born in September 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was on his way home from church with his...

Edward LaPorta does not recall anything special about the battles at Gafsa and El Guettar. Battles are all the same....

Clinton Riddle initially wanted to join the US Navy after he graduated from high school but being the only child in his...

Edward C. Cole [Annotator’s Note: after being drafted into the Army in 1942] spent two days at Fort Dix [Annotator's...

Clifford Smith was at home reading a comic book and listening to the radio on 7 December 1941 when the news of the...

When Crain got a chance to examine his boat he noticed there were about 50 to 75 marks in the steel where bullets had...

Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Normandy after...

There were a lot of cases where there were no NCOs [Annotator's Note: non-commissioned officers]. Roland Chaisson says...

When the American troops landed in Sicily, Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert recalls receiving heavy fire from the...

Freddie Ohr came running out of the wave and he did not see the boat anymore. He made two or three passes that low....

Arthur Frongello believes the Navy uniform is the most innovative piece of clothing a man could wear. The stripes,...

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