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Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 3
The guys who captured them were about in their 30s.The SS men put them into the field. Eventually the SS men circled...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 3
Currey picks back up on his Medal of Honor action story from the point in time right after he fired on the tank with...
Ichikawa, Grant Segment 3
Grant Ichikawa was assigned to headquarters [Annotators Note: Headquarters, Allied Translator and Interpreter Service...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 3
When Wilburn K. Ross landed on Sicily he landed from a Higgins boat. The beach being laden with obstacles and barbed...
Jackson, Donald Segment 3
They moved on south into Bavaria. The war ended while they were in Rosenheim.When they went overseas they were told not...
Tenney, Lester Segment 3
Those with dysentery didn't live very long. Dehydration, lack of food, lack of water, the sickness, it was awful....
Bell, Bryan Segment 3
Bell's initial experience in England consisted mainly of training and trying to avoid boredom. They were gradually...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 3
Their strategy didn't work because they couldn't bend around Rocherath-Krinkelt [Annotator’s Note: During the Battle of...
De Mers, William Segment 3
The train was moving fast. The train brought them to California. They brought the companies up to full strength. His...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 3
John Vessey landed in Oran and went immediately to [Annotators Note: unsure of town he says], 50 miles or more out of...
Doi, Michael Segment 3
Michael Doi did not experience and maltreatment or racism even when he went to the South but his daughter did. After...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 3
Biddle recalls finding the pilots from the downed JU 88 [Annotator’s Note: in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge]....
Christie, Robert Segment 3
Robert Christie was assigned to a repo depot [Annotators Note: replacement depot] and shipped overseas. He was sent to...
Dennis, David Segment 3
In basic training David Dennis went to school first. His basic training was the normal marching and learning their gun...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 3
There was a guy in Joseph Diamond's outfit [Annotators Note: the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division] that...
McNeil, Esther Segment 3
McNeil went into the service on the 5th of February 1943. Her first posting was to Davis Martin Field and Air Force...
Hawk, John Segment 3
Hawk says that the thing he wondered about the most prior to combat was what kind of officers he would have. He says...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 3
Milosevich was informed that he had a daughter while he was still aboard ship to England. He thought about his child...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 3
Lynn Compton went to England on the Queen Elizabeth ship with thousands of troops. He joined the Easy Company outfit...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 3
Baum recalls an event that took place at the Maginot Line. Harold Cohen had just taken over the battalion. He argued...
Spencer, David Segment 3
David Paul Spencer’s first day of combat was not too eventful. There was a pretty decent firefight and his unit had a...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 3
When Charles Scheffel became a platoon leader, he used all of the ammunition that they could teaching his men about...
Mann, Karl Segment 3
A few days after arriving in Naples, Italy, Mann was shipped up to Anzio on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship,...
Weinart, John Segment 3
John Weinart crossed the Rhine River and headed into southern Germany. They would frequently ride on tanks. Weinart...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 3
The 100th Battalion joined the 442nd in Italy and was their first battalion. After the battle of Bruyeres, they took...
Cokinos, Michael Segment 3
The Hartz Mountains [Annotators Note: also referred to as the Harz Mountains, Germany] contained many Hitler Youth...
McClellan, James Segment 3
When he wasn't driving McClellan would stand guard. That's how he got the frozen toes; frostbite.They had three gun...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 3
Galloway was with 3 individuals--a driver, a radio operator and a sergeant-- when they were caught by the Germans....
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 3
They were taken across the Rhine River on a streetcar then put into an underground dungeon [Annotator’s Note: American...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 3
They had also attacked the smaller fields in the area [Annotator's Note: the Japanese in the Philippines in December...
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. He...
Zager, Raymond Segment 3
To Raymond Zager the Maginot line was easily conquered. They then came to the Siegfried Line. They advanced through...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 3
After the war ended in Africa they continued training in the desert. The men were given passes to go into Tunisia but...
Hannan, Philip M. Segment 3
Hannan wanted to get up to the front line [Annotator’s Note: during the Battle of the Bulge]. They told him as he...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 3
Stegmeier enlisted because everybody was doing it. There was a draft going on and if you didn't enlist you would be...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 3
Ettlinger ended up going to high school for 4 years and when he graduated, he and every other fellow male student...

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