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Mario DeCarlo recalled using a machine gun to fight in the hedgerows to get the Germans out of the trenches. His unit [...

The war made Harry McKnight appreciate being a Marine and the freedom he has in this country [Annotator's Note: The...

Vernon Tweedt was sent back to Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy, after Rome, Italy was liberated June 1944]....

Walter Barnes did not see much of a change in New Orleans when he returned after the war. Before the war he and his...

Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...

The first place Brooks was taken to was a building. The men were fed once a day by the natives who brought them soup....

Right after George Griffenhagen and other members of the 20th Engineers [Annotator's Note: then the 20th Engineer...

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

Harley Reynolds and his unit were given a specific assignment. The planners were aware that their beachhead was...

Stinson was born in Columbia, Alabama. After he and his classmates graduated from high school in 1943 they joined the...

Yellin had to fly the next day after he bailed out in the ocean. He notes that the P-40 was a great airplane. There was...

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