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Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

Arthur Jackson was awarded the Medal of Honor on 5 October 1945 during the Nimitz Day celebration in Washington D.C....

Hillman James Prestridge was serving in a field artillery unit [Annotator's Note: when he landed with the first wave at...

When Harold Lightell arrived off the beaches of Normandy, alarms sounded on his ship. The 600 troops on the ship were...

When they finally stopped they were a couple feet away from a hut. The next morning there were people working on the...

Edmund Frodyma was in England with his unit, [Annotator’s Note: 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored...

When Carey Eleser was in port in Southampton, England, they were able to go into town. He would go to movies and the...

Delbert Franklin Hackman [Annotator's Note: a mechanic with the 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored...

Dorothy Ehlers wants future generations to remember how the soldiers of World War 2 loved their country as much as her...

Donald Lindquist describes getting to Swansea, England aboard the SS Sapa Creek (MC hull 544) and not knowing when the...

John Marr served as a 1st Lieutenant and commanded 1st Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry...

Anne Levy began volunteering at The National WWII Museum after Katrina [Annotator’s Note: Hurricane Katrina struck New...

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