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Franzky, Gerhard Radio Training and Officer School
Gerhard Franzky bounced around quite a bit in the armed forces. While in Nuremberg, Franzky walked by a radio room and...
Sadler, Richard Reflections
Burt Richard Sadler believes Great Britain and the United States will always be friends. He visits the Eight Air Force...
Gibb, Owen Reflections
Owen Gibb was in England when he found that out his parents were American citizens living in Canada. They had moved...
Schrader, Ernst Return to Combat in the Air and on the Streets
Ernst Schrader was a member of the 8 Staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StGII) in the Luftwaffe. Commanders changed in...
Gerhard, Winnecken Returning to Germany
Winnecken Gerhard returned to his homeland after the war. He sailed on a Liberty Ship which took much longer than his...
Joyce, Josefine Reuniting with John Joyce
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was asked by John [Annotator's Note: she had met John Joyce when he was on occupation duty in...
Franzky, Gerhard Rivalries and Being Shelled
Gerhard Franzky was very proud to be a member of the Waffen SS. He sees the inter-service rivalry to be much the same...
Gerhard, Winnecken Russia
Winnecken Gerhard was in Russia for some months as a replacement in the Sixth Army. That Army was eventually destroyed...
Rall, Gunther Segment 1
Rall was an Army cadet and after the war school, kriegschule, in Dresden he was promoted to a first lieutenant. He had...
Rall, Gunther Segment 2
The 109's [Annotator's Note: Messerschmitt Bf-109] undercarriage wasn't very sensible. Early on when they trained...
Rall, Gunther Segment 3
The Americans had very qualified airplanes in the P-51 and P-47. He remembered that the P-47 could keep a higher speed...
Rall, Gunther Segment 4
On 12 May 1944, there was a big air raid with 800 bombers and top cover from Hub Zemke and his wolf pack. They came...
Rall, Gunther Segment 5
After losing his thumb Rall was out of combat for a while because his wound was infected.He went back to his wing early...
Rall, Gunther Segment 6
[Annotator's Note: for the first 35 seconds of this segment Rall is speaking German with someone in the room other than...
Rall, Gunther Segment 7
[Annotator's Note: for the first 35 seconds of this segment Rall is speaking German with someone in the room other than...
Gibb, Owen Shipped to England
Owen Gibb went to boot camp for six weeks in the Canadian Air Force in the snow. Then they went to Saskatchewan [...
Pbert, Herman Stationed in Germany
Herman Pbert went to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: in Trenton, New Jersey], and he was not put through basic training. He...
Pbert, Herman Surrendering to the SS
Day-to-day, Herman Pbert just tried to stay alive, find food, and get ammunition. C4s [Annotator's Note: Composition C-...
Windisch, Lutz Taken Prisoner
Lutz Windisch and his tank crew knocked out two or three Russian tanks. His tank was armed with an 88 [Annotator's Note...
König, Karl Tank Life and Crew
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] is small and had no difficulty in moving around in the...
Franzky, Gerhard Tarnopol and Normandy
Gerhard Franzky was attached as a radioman to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Regiment, 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsburg"....
Sadler, Richard The Battle of Britain
Burt Richard Sadler turned 15 years old in 1940. Not long after, he started experiencing German bombing raids. Sadler...
Sadler, Richard The Blitz
The bombings started getting hectic. By then, Burt Richard Sadler was 15 years old and had joined the local Boy's...
Franzky, Gerhard The Creation of the SS and its Units
Gerhard Franzky joined the Waffen SS in order to join the best of the best. Franzky believes that anyone who is a big...
Franzky, Gerhard The Drvar Raid
Gerhard Franzky realizes that he messed up the order of events and that when he witnessed his CO [Annotator's Note:...
Sadler, Richard The Home Guard
Just before he turned 16 years old, Burt Richard Sadler went to work in a factory that made grease guns for tank wheels...
Pbert, Herman The War Ends
Herman Pbert returned to his village [Annotator's Note: Piedicavallo, Italy, after escaping from a Nazi prison camp in...
Monteyne, Joseph Thoughts About the Germans
You could not ask for a better enemy than the Germans. The Germans were very efficient, and Joseph Monteyne [Annotator'...
Pbert, Herman To America and the Army
Herman Pbert was in the hospital as the war was ending. He was told he had done a good job cleaning his own shrapnel...
Monteyne, Joseph Tough Last Mission
The last mission Joseph Monteyne [Annotator's Note: a navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force 425 (Alouette) Squadron...
Monteyne, Joseph Typical Mission and Baptism by Fire
Joseph Monteyne and his unit [Annotator's Note: Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron 425 (Alouette)] had 20 officers in...

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