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Richard Edward Gile was born in Buffalo, New York in March 1923. He recalled the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...

On Christmas Eve [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1944], James B. Jones had finished a skirmish with Germans. That...

Paul Pizzolongo says that England was rainy, and the people had no teeth. The British loved the Americans, treated them...

M. Edward Melton went to Europe where his unit [Annotator’s Note: 42nd Infantry Division] was committed by Eisenhower [...

Joseph Simpson arrived in La Havre, France after crossing the English Channel. Those in charge decided the troops...

Robert Eshback went overseas on the USS Wakefield (AP-21), a troop transport ship that traveled alone, and he was...

The soldiers were appreciative of the nurses. In England, Irma Darphin worked as a mail censor at night. There were 100...

William Splichal was right in the war room. It was full of bright lights. There were maps all over the wall. They had...

Thomas Ballew served in headquarters [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 231st Searchlight Battalion] handling finance and...

John Ericson went through a training period [Annotator's Note: after being assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 194th...

[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was with the 17th Airborne Division when they met up with the British 6th Airborne...

James Craig was right at the Rhine River when the war shifted. They were guarding an electric dam. It was 1944 in...

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