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Ollar, Vernon Preparing for D-Day
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Vernon Ollar was assigned to...
Seltzer, Arthur Preparing for D-Day
After landing in Glasgow, Scotland, Arthur Seltzer took a train down to a town near Liverpool called Congleton Cheshire...
Reynolds, Harley Preparing for Normandy
Harley Reynolds and his unit disembarked from Sicily near the beach where they landed. There was a convoy on the way...
Bertolini, Roger Preparing for Normandy
Roger Bertolini served in the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He did his basic training at Camp...
Madden, Paul Preparing for Overseas Deployment
In March 1944, Paul Hilton Madden Jr. spent several months training as an infantryman with the 95th Infantry Division...
Evans, Donald Preparing for Sicily
Before Donald Evans and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] got to go on the...
Reitmeier, George Preparing for the Battle of the Bulge
George Reitmeier belonged to F Company, 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division. After completing his infantry...
Gallo, Peter Preparing for War
Peter Gallo was in the construction division in the CCC [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] before going...
Stern, Guy Preparing for War in Europe
In 1944, Guy Stern and his unit were broken into six-man intelligence teams. They were on an Australian fruit boat, the...
Colbert, Hugh Preparing to go Home
The worst aspects about Hugh Colbert's prisoner of war experience included his uncertainty regarding the future, the...
Evans, Donald Preparing to Invade Europe
Donald Evans got orders to ship out around June [Annotator's Note: June 1944]. He thought they [Annotator's Note: 66th...
Durio, Aristide Preparing to Invade Japan
After basic training, Aristide "A.D." Durio was sent to Fort Meade, Maryland [Annotator's Note: Fort George G. Meade in...
Colson, Earl Preparing to Invade Japan
Earl Colson [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division] did not have more than skirmishes in the Philippines...
Uttero, Cosmo Prepping for an Invasion
Somewhere around May [Annotator's Note: May 1944], the training became more intense, and Cosmo Uttero knew something...
Dietrick, Alfred Prepping for Combat
Alfred Dietrick went into combat on 9 September 1943 [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry...
Forcinella, Frank Presidential Unit Citation
Frank Forcinella was wounded on 18 January [Annotator's Note: 18 January 1945]. He was back with his unit [Annotator's...
Nannini, James Prewar
James Nannini was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1923. His father and mother were both Italian immigrants who left...
Van Eaton, Jack Prewar
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off camera prompting the interviewee to answer the interviewer’s questions...
Lee, Theodore Prewar
Theodore R. Lee grew up with four brothers, and all were in military service during World War 2. His mother did not...
Dorris, James Prewar
James F. Dorris, Jr. was born in November 1924 in Chattanooga [Annotator’s Note: Chattanooga, Tennessee]. He enjoyed...
Cassidy, James Prewar
James Cassidy was born in Rochester, New York in October 1925. One of four brothers, Cassidy and his twin brother were...
Brunt, Julian Prewar and Army Training
[Annotator's Note: The video is scrambled for the first ten seconds of the interview. There is a minute and a half of...
Freeman, Frederick Prewar and ASTP
Frederick Freeman was born in Saint Louis County in Kirkwood [Annotator's Note: Kirkwood, Missouri] in May 1925. His...
Della Vedova, Dominic Prewar and Draft
Dominic Della Vedova was born in a coal mining camp called Bear Creek west of Ottumwa, Iowa in June 1919. His father...
Durio, Aristide Prewar and Enlistment
Aristide "A.D." Durio was born in Sunset, Louisiana in July 1926 and grew up there. His father worked in rice fields,...
Gaj, Leonard Prewar and Joining Up
Leonard Gaj was born in Buffalo [Annotator’s Note: Buffalo, New York] in March 1925. His name, Gaj, is Polish. He had...
Hoehn, Basil Prewar and Military Training
Basil C. Hoehn was born October 1924 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He came from a low economic background. His father worked...
Wackerman, Clark Prewar and Military Training
Clark Wackerman was born in March 1926 in Brighton, New York, the oldest of three children. His father worked as a...
McGovern, Robert Prewar and Occupation Duty in the Pacific
Robert E. McGovern was born in October 1926 in Flint, Michigan. His parents were from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and his...
Forman, Edgar Prewar and Postwar Life
Edgar R. "Ross" Forman was born in October 1923 in Camden, New Jersey, and would serve with the 319th Engineer Combat...
Irby, Ray Prewar and Postwar Life
Ray Dennis Irby was born in November 1924 in Meridian, Mississippi. He had four brothers and two sisters. He was the...
Dietrick, Alfred Prewar and Postwar Life
Alfred Dietrick was born in 1921. [Annotator's Note: The tape breaks as Dietrick is giving his birthdate]. [Annotator's...
Horstman, Bette Prewar and Reflections on Saipan
[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Bette C. Horstman...
Getway, John Prewar and Training
John Steven Getway was born in 1921 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania with two older brothers, Paul and Charles, and five...
Mason, Alfred Prewar and Training
Heywood Mason was born in August 1925 in Georgia [Annotator's Note: on Susina Plantation near Beachton, Georgia], where...
LaMura, Jerry Prewar Life
Jerry LaMura was born in Manhattan [Annotator's Note: Manhattan, New York City, New York] in June 1925. He grew up in...

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