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James Livaudais knew he had really seen combat after the battle at La Fiere and the Merderet crossing. He thought at...

[Annotator's Note: There is a very loud humming noise throughout this clip.] When he hit the beach [Annotator's Note:...

John Raaen woke up the next morning [Annotator's Note: the morning of 7 June 1944 following the D-Day invasion the...

Winnecken Gerhard was captured by the Americans. He still had a rifle grenade in his pocket after being searched. He...

[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward went overseas with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division on 16...

Leonard Lomell and Sgt. Kuhn [Annotator's Note: US Army Staff Sergeant Jack Kuhn] kept advancing forward, but as luck...

Henry Feldman went to Fort Custer [Annotator's Note: near Battle Creek, Michigan] for indoctrination. He did his basic...

[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] Monroe "Tex" Combs was born in October 1921 in...

When he completed basic training [Annotator's Note: at Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois], Sidney "Sid" Birns was sent...

Walter Halloran was unaware that Time magazine had published an article in 1944 about the 165th [Annotator’s Note: the...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] What...

Anton Jaber took his basic training at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. He went right into advanced training with his division [...

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