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Hannan, Philip M. Segment 5
Everyone in the outfit had great respect for Gavin [Annotator’s Note: Major General James "Jumpin' Jim" Gavin,...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 5
Sherman [Annotator's Note: US M4 "Sherman" medium tank] tanks make a lot of noise but Tiger [Annotator's Note: German...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 5
On 2 January 1945, Ettlinger was on a converted ship transport the Ile de France with 3,000 other men, and on 15...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 6
He remembers Captain [Annotator’s Note: James or ‘Jim’] Rorimer took him to Berchtesgaden and he went to the Eagles...
Lazarick, Len Segment 6
On the morning of the 21st they were ordered to go down Tombstone Ridge and head west to the village of Nishibaru....
Baker, Dan Segment 6
Dan Baker and his men moved towards Munich with greater ease because they did not have winter weather to contend with...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 6
On the morning of the 16th [Annotator's Note: 16 December 1944] Lyle Bouck was surprised by shelling. They could hear...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 6
Malarkey went to Normandy, France to meet with the family who owned the farm where he had fought on D-Day. The family...
Baker, Vernon Segment 6
Vernon Baker continues to describe his Medal of Honor actions in Italy. He began cutting wire on the hill. The wire was...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 6
Theodore Finkbeiner and his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 6
Clinton Gardner witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald and noted there were close to 55,000 to 56,000 deaths in the...
Zawada, Robert Segment 6
When they left the village [Annotator's Note: during fighting in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France], Zawada rode in...
Phillips, Henry Segment 6
[Annotators note: Henry Phillips was the operations officer in 3rd Battalion Headquarters, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th...
Kalil, Louis Segment 6
Kalil recalls the events that took place on 16 December of 1944. They woke to artillery fire around 5:30 a.m. The...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 6
Inouye respects the United States because they were able to say after the war that it was wrong that Japanese-Americans...
Brissie, Lou Segment 6
On the night of 6 December [Annotator's Note: 6 December 1944] Lou Brissie was called and told to have his men ready to...
Ford, Richard Segment 6
Richard Ford recalls a nasty day in England. Eisenhower came through with his staff. There were RAF [Annotators Note:...
Murphy, Robert Segment 6
Robert Murphy's platoon leader, Lieutenant Dolan [Annotators Note: First Lieutenant John J. Dolan, also know as Red Dog...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 6
The 2nd Division took Leipzig, Germany. It was heavily fortified. In Leipzig they found doorways and stairways that led...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 6
Richard Duchossois and his company were set up on the south eastern tip of the Bulge [Annotators Note: during the The...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 6
There was a small passageway that went all the way up the side of the ship to the front of the ship. It was lined with...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 6
Edward LaPorta does not recall anything special about the battles at Gafsa and El Guettar. Battles are all the same....
Kirk, Mancel Segment 6
On 23 April [Annotators Note: 23 April 1945] Mancel Kirk and his fellow 168th Infantry Regiment GIs were taken by truck...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 6
Paluch believes that it is very important that institutions like the World War II Museum preserve the stories of people...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 6
Currey left the burning house. He ran for the American line. They stayed in a defensive position that night. The next...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 6
Wilburn K. Ross stayed behind because he felt that he was able to stop the Germans. He had confidence in his ability to...
Jackson, Donald Segment 6
They had a point system [Annotator's Note: in regards to how soon 1 was discharged] depending on various factors like...
Bell, Bryan Segment 6
Bell has trouble bringing up exactly what his unit was doing at the time because he remembers it as a, "constant...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 6
Schmedemann's career was in his hands. He wanted to go to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth,...
De Mers, William Segment 6
Prior to landing in New Guinea DeMers' unit was never given any jungle training. In Australia they were trained how to...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 6
[Annotators Note: John Vessey served in the army as the First Sergeant of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,...
Doi, Michael Segment 6
Michael Doi believes that the war did not change his personality. Doi was an athlete in high school. He was a pole...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 6
One of Biddle's squad members was ordered to cut a piece of wire. He went up to cut the wire as ordered by an officer...
Christie, Robert Segment 6
Robert Christie notes that in the war all of the high philosophical things go out of the window. To actually see it and...
Dennis, David Segment 6
David Dennis was not there [Annotators Note: on a work detail from Stalag II-B] too long. He had a run in with one of...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...

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