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The stories of nine people who lived through the World War II era. These include a Red Cross girl, a rifle company captain, an infantry private, a quartermaster who survived the torpedoing of a ship during Exercise Tiger, a veteran's widow, A D-Day veteran of Omaha Beach, and two survivors of the disastrous Kassel mission bombing raid of Sept. 27, 1944, on which 25 B-24 Liberators were shot down within six minutes in one of World War II's most spectacular air battles.
About the Author
Aaron Elson is the creator of the World War II Oral History Web Site, which has been described by many visitors as the best World War II site on the Internet because of all the firsthand accounts it offers. He is also the author of three other books, including "Tanks for the Memories: An Oral History of the 712th Tank Battalion," which which his father served in World War II; "They were all young kids," and "A Mile in Their Shoes."
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The stories of nine people who lived through the World War II era. These include a Red Cross girl, a rifle company captain, an infantry private, a quartermaster who survived the torpedoing of a ship during Exercise Tiger, a veteran's widow, A D-Day veteran of Omaha Beach, and two survivors of the disastrous Kassel mission bombing raid of Sept. 27, 1944, on which 25 B-24 Liberators were shot down within six minutes in one of World War II's most spectacular air battles.
About the Author
Aaron Elson is the creator of the World War II Oral History Web Site, which has been described by many visitors as the best World War II site on the Internet because of all the firsthand accounts it offers. He is also the author of three other books, including "Tanks for the Memories: An Oral History of the 712th Tank Battalion," which which his father served in World War II; "They were all young kids," and "A Mile in Their Shoes."
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