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Richard Hurd

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Despite having the names reversed, Richard Hurd has firsthand experience of the effects of the new German weaponry, the V1 Buzz Bomb and the V2 rocket. (2:14)

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Finance Section soldier Richard Hurd found out that Russian soldiers had the same Invasion Money that the American soldiers were issued. In fact, they had received so much that their pockets were overflowing and they were buying anything and everything. (3:49)

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Richard Hurd came ashore four days after D-Day and his Financial Section followed the progress of the infantry inland. When they reached Paris, he was so far down the list for leave that he only had enough time to sleep overnight in a hotel room. (5:00)

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Too experienced to be sent to the Pacific and not experienced enough to be discharged, Richard Hurd was assigned to keep working as troops shipped home. As everyone celebrated and took R&R, he had to work every day on the payroll. (7:20)

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Richard Hurd had a very important job in wartime, paying the troops. He details the tasks and problems facing the Financial Section of the 1st Army in Europe. He also describes the grim task of taking care of the effects and property of deceased soldiers. (4:01)

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Richard Hurd describes the inner workings of the Invasion Money scrip that soldiers were issued in Europe. Since the men were supplied with all necessities, the "Funny Money" was often used for gambling and buying silk stockings to send home. (5:35)

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Despite assurances that fathers would not be drafted, Richard Hurd found himself inducted and in training. When it became known that he worked in a bank, he was considered perfect for Financial services in the US Army effort. (2:46)

Richard Jackson

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He was going to try out for the Baltimore Colts but he also had a military obligation. Richard Jackson figured the hardy regimen of the Marines would improve his chances with the team so he joined and sought a commission. (2:33)

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Richard Jackson was enjoying football games at Camp Lejeune. His battalion was on alert when the word went out to deploy. Thinking it was another exercise, he was astonished to find himself on a plane to Cuba. Unknown to him, the Cuban Missile Crisis was in full swing. He made a fateful decision on that flight. (6:47)

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His first three year hitch was up and he was going to leave the Marine Corps, but he was offered an assignment in Hawaii. Not wanting to pass up a post in paradise, Richard Jackson accepted. After attending an elite jungle warfare school, he decided to advance his career, he needed some combat experience, so he put his name in for Vietnam. (6:17)