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They began training every day with full daypacks and practiced moving quickly and efficiently up and down the long...

At about 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning, Arthur Seltzer went over the side of the ship to enter his landing craft. He was...

After arriving in Liverpool, Lucien Laborde was sent to Swindon where he was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division. At...

While he was stationed at Camp Maui, situated on an extinct volcano, Steve McMurray said some of the units trained on...

Gowan Duffy was stationed in Northern Ireland [Annotator’s Note: with the 141st Field Artillery Battalion]. They...

Lucien Paul Laborde was named after his grandfathers. He was the third boy in his family. Laborde was born in Vinton,...

Lieutenant John Marr's first patrol from Timmes' orchard was sent to find any American or other friendly forces in the...

Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military newspaper] and the other...

David Olson landed on Utah Beach on D plus 1. Part of his command was on another ship, the Susan B. Anthony [Annotator...

Clinton Gardner witnessed a huge explosion at 5am in the afternoon [Annotator’s Note: on June 6th, 1944 Normandy D-Day...

Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...

Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Commander William R. Kane] took over the squadron then took over as CAG [Annotator's...

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