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Kirk, Mancel Segment 7
Mancel Kirk survived the war well. He did not get shell shock like some others did. The worst thing he suffered was the...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 7
After the Bulge, Currey felt the rest of the war was routine. He had casualties, but nothing compared to the Bulge....
Ross, Wilburn Segment 7
Wilburn K. Ross thinks a lot about the friends he had from home who were either injured or killed. He wishes he could...
Jackson, Donald Segment 7
Jackson applied at Pomona College using the GI Bill. He was accepted and eventually graduated from there. He was still...
Bell, Bryan Segment 7
Bell and his men got on the other side of the river and did not lose a single man. This was remarkable because each man...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 7
Back in the United States the main role he had was to see that everybody's personnel records were in order before they...
De Mers, William Segment 7
It took them 3 weeks to get to Australia in the convoy. When he came home it took 15 days.DeMers never had trouble with...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 7
During the breakout from the Anzio beachhead John Vessey was a forward observer with an infantry company. They were...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 7
The Germans had no idea what was going on. The worst part of the Battle of the Bulge for Biddle was when his friend was...
Christie, Robert Segment 7
Robert Christie got orders to go back to the United States via a troop ship. The ship was named the Newburn Victory....
Dennis, David Segment 7
To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....
Diamond, Joseph Segment 7
Joseph Diamond was under mortar attack when he was wounded. A mortar shell exploded about 20 yards away and he felt a...
Hawk, John Segment 7
Hawk describes his war wounds from shrapnel and having the pieces picked out of his skin. He describes the results of...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 7
Milosevich did not know of the plan to pull back.The Germans flanked the position and captured hole after hole. They...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 7
Lynn Compton remembers Doc Roe [Annotators Note: Company E medic Eugene Roe] as the medic who worked on him when he was...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 7
Baum remembers when they broke through Schweinheim they were moving pretty fast. By that point, the Germans knew they...
Spencer, David Segment 7
David Paul Spencer did not run into problems with anyone except Goring [Annotators Note: German Reichsmarschall Hermann...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 7
Charles Scheffel did not know what to do when people start shooting at him but he realized that he had to do something...
Mann, Karl Segment 7
Prior to Mann being called to see Colonel Sparks [Annotator's Note: US Army Brigadier General Felix Sparks], Mann had...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 7
Kanaya said that medics followed the troops into the field. He liked to pick units that he knew would probably get into...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 7
Hairston was puzzled how in World War I and World War II, African Americans were labeled as being inefficient soldiers...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 7
Galloway notes that as long as he was ahead of the German officers behind him he could sneak into a house. Galloway...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 7
After they got away Corbin was told by his adjutant about Colonel Waters [Annotator's Note: US Army General John K....
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 7
The B-29s carrying the second atomic bomb were overhead circling Yawata. The crew of the B-29 carrying the bomb was...
Standifer, Leon Segment 7
The Germans had a lot of horsedrawn equipment. Their tanks were good but they were too well engineered. To get a German...
Zager, Raymond Segment 7
Captain Cochran [Annotators Note: Raymond Zager’s company commander] ordered a crew of four jeeps to head back and pick...
Hannan, Philip M. Segment 7
Twins could stay and fight in the same unit. In many of the units in our military they did not permit two brothers in...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 7
They heard rumors about what had happened at Malmedy during the fighting in the Bulge. After hearing that they were...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 8
Ettlinger was working in a vein of mined salt deposits. In Heilbronn, they brought the salt to the surface, heated it...
Lazarick, Len Segment 8
The level of camaraderie began to diminish because they were dealing with different people. If they hadn't gotten...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 8
Lyle Bouck was all over the place during the fighting, but does not recall where he was or when. Kalil [Annotators Note...
Baker, Vernon Segment 8
Vernon Baker reviews details of his Medal of Honor actions in Italy on 5 April 1945. He had a big, strong BAR [...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 8
At some point after Theodore Finkbeiner returned to his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 8
Clinton Gardner never thought of his own death but watched a few hundred men die. Gardner got sick and threw up around...
Zawada, Robert Segment 8
All of the men in Zawada's squad wondered why they were going behind German lines to liberate Hammelburg. Rumors...
Phillips, Henry Segment 8
Henry Phillips' most vivid memory of the war is how well the Nazis proved themselves as being the worst horror that was...

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