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Irv Press

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Irv Press was really fond of the French family he was bunked with and he missed the down comforter and hot brick at the foot of the bed when he moved out across Belgium toward Germany. When he reached Cologne, he was astounded at the total destruction he encountered . (3:44)

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The job was easy once the artillery battalion was in position, just keep lobbing shells toward the thousands of German troops across the river. Then the word spread through the ranks, recalls Irv Press. It was over. (2:33)

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Americans were known as compulsive picture straighteners and so the retreating Germans booby trapped many of the pictures hanging in the buildings they abandoned. Irv Press remembers this and also another German trick involving wire and troop carriers. (2:56)

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At the end of the war, Irv Press was given a special assignment and an unusual partner. The partner was a former Wermacht captain and the mission was the liberation of farm workers forced into labor on German farms by the Nazis. (7:04)

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Irv Press was approached by a Russian soldier who only wanted to know one thing, "Do you have Mickey Mouse watch?" He couldn't help with that problem but when he was asked to set up a nightclub for non-coms, he really delivered. (5:24)

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His time was up but European duty was so different from his Brooklyn home, Irv Press decided to re-enlist and carry on. Eventually, though, he felt the need to continue his education. (2:07)

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The first time Irv Press faced discrimination, he heard it from the head cook at basic training. He dismissed it as the ravings of a redneck but it wasn't so easy to dismiss the deaths of six million Jews. (3:35)

Irving Locker

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Irving Locker grew up the youngest of seven children and lived a moderate lifestyle before training at Fort Dix and Camp Davis. It was during this time that he was also trained to use huge 90mm guns. (This interview made possible with the support of RUSSELL G. JOHNSON.) (6:26)

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Traveling overseas for the second world war would prove to be one of the greatest challenges Irving Locker would face. Unfortunately with a boat ride of that magnitude, there's bound to be plenty of seasickness. (This interview made possible with the support of RUSSELL G. JOHNSON.) (5:26)

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Upon arriving in Europe, Locker and the rest of his troop spent a lot of time training for the D-Day Invasion. Here he speaks of stories concerning those training exercises and the invasion itself. (This interview made possible with the support of RUSSELL G. JOHNSON.) (9:53)