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  • Stahl, Floyd Returning Home

    When the war ended, the Sway [Annotator's Note: USS Sway (AM-120)] swept mines off Formosa [Annotator's Note: Republic of Formosa; now Ta

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 1

    Standifer was born on April 24th, 1925 in Gulfport, Mississippi.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 10

    Standifer tried to use a credit card on one of his return trips to Germany in 1996 and the man who he was trying to buy something from had no idea

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 11

    They were not really Russian soldiers, but they were of Ukranian descent. Standifer called them Russians.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 2

    Standifer was at Ft. Benning for 16 weeks. From there Standifer went to Camp McCain with the 94th Infantry.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 3

    Standifer had been eating well and sleeping well in the hospital. He was put into a boxcar and shipped to the front.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 4

    They had a big fireplace, but it turned out to be a mock fireplace; the place was heated by steam.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 5

    One could fire automatically from the hip. The M-1 could get muddy, wet, and whatever else and it would fire.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 6

    The Germans expected the Americans to retreat and get out of there. The American unit stayed and fought.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 7

    The Germans had a lot of horsedrawn equipment. Their tanks were good but they were too well engineered.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 8

    The Germans that Standifer met were as good as the American soldiers. The Germans may have been better earlier in the war.

  • Standifer, Leon Segment 9

    Munich was a big city, larger then New Orleans. The area around the railroad depots in Munich were absolutely destroyed.

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