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Spint, Robert Becoming an M5 Tank Driver
When Robert Spint was first given his assignment and reached his company [Annotator's Note: 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance...
Riggsby, Norman Becoming an MP
Norman Riggsby remained in the hospital for several months while his wounds healed [Annotator’s Note: he had first been...
Olson, David Becoming an Officer
David Olson attended field artillery school at Fort Sill right after his graduation from college [Annotator’s Note: in...
Rendelman, Ed Becoming an Officer
Ed Rendelman’s first military assignment was in Scottsville, Illinois for a few days. He then went on to Fort Lewis,...
Raaen, John Becoming an Officer
John Raaen attended West Point. His father was a career officer who graduated from the Military Academy on 1 November...
Siverts, Hans Becoming an Officer and Transfer to a New Unit
Hans Siverts remembers Sunday, 7 December [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1941; the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Rogers, John Becoming Company Commander, Interactions with German Civilians and Going Home
John Rogers was fighting on Christmas Day [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] during the Battle of the Bulge. They...
Medicine Crow, Joseph Becoming the Last Crow War Chief
Joseph Medicine Crow somehow enjoyed war. This is despite some opinions that war is terrible. War allowed him to commit...
Field, Richard Becomming a Paratrooper
Richard J. Field was born and raised in Upstate New York in the small town of Liberty. He lived on the outskirts of...
Yourkavitch, Joseph N. Becomming a Soldier
Joseph Yourkavitch was born in October 1925. He served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Herbert Weatherwax was drafted into the military when he was 24 years old. He had a problem with alcohol while he was...
Elfer, Rosemary Before the War
Rosemary Elfer was born in Grand Bay, Alabama in 1924 even though all of her ancestors were born in Louisiana....
Stein, Murray Beginnings of the Battle of the Bulge
Murray Stein was told that when they replacde the 2nd Division [Annotator's Note: 2nd Infantry Division], they were...
Sapp, Walter Behind Enemy Lines
Walter Sapp had been in his foxhole for eight days. He could not stand or walk. Two men lifted him out and he woke up...
Geiger, John Behind Enemy Lines
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] and...
Roberts, John Behind Enemy Lines
John M. Roberts began to look for the wounded men in the group ahead of his but could not find them. They started to...
Farley, Daniel Behind the Lines at Zerf
In February [Annotator's Note: 5 February 1945], Daniel Farley and the rest of the 5th Ranger Battalion got word to...
Sandoz, James Being a Cajun in the Army
Being a Cajun [Annotator's Note: a member of self-contained communities in southern Louisiana of French Canadian...
Angst, Lawrence Being a Combat Medic
Lawrence Angst became a combat medic [Annotator's Note: in 2nd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division...
Martin, Oscar Being a Combat Medic
Oscar Otto Martin remembered that on his first day in combat, they were scheduled to attack at two in the afternoon,...
Yatsu, Lawrence Being a Nisei
Lawrence Yatsu believes that World War 2 should be studied because it is history. He feels it is unfair that Germans...
Yourkavitch, Joseph N. Being a POW
Joseph Yourkavitch was captured on 16 December [Annotator's Note: 16 December 1944]. It had started out as a normal day...
Carter, Paul Being a Prisoner of War
While he was a prisoner in Italy, Paul Carter nearly starved. Before leaving Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy] his...
Gilbert, Lawrence Being a Prisoner of War
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert was put on a work detail building houses on a Jewish cemetery. They used the tombstones...
Martello, Dominic Being a Prisoner of War
While he was a prisoner, Dominic Martello was leaning over getting a head of cabbage when a German soldier came along,...
Flannigan, James Being a Radioman and Fighting in the Woods
As a radioman with the forward observer, James Flannigan usually traveled on a jeep to the battalion CP [Annotator's...
Hirabayashi, Grant Being a Translator for the British in New Delhi
While in India, Grant Jiro Hirabayashi worked as a translator for the British Air Force after being in Burma [Annotator...
Kafka, T. Being a WAC
T. Toby Kafka enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1944 at the age of 20. Her family, particularly her brother,...
Garbo, William Being Ambushed
A day after William Garbo and his machine gun squad successfully ambushed a group of Japanese soldiers in a mountain...
VanDuzer, Raymond Being an Army Medic
Raymond VanDuzer was inducted into the service then sent to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was not sure what he wanted...
Maxwell, Robert Being Awarded the Medal of Honor
Robert Maxwell was transferred to the hospital in Naples, Italy. He learned about the extent of his wounds there. [...
Pavlovich, Theodore Being Awarded the Silver Star Medal
While the 35th Infantry [Annotator's Note: 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division] waited on Guadalcanal [...
Dixon, Leon Being Black in Europe
While in Europe, Leon Dixon was treated wonderfully by the Europeans, way better than he was treated in the United...
Smith, Rothacker Being Captured
After being wounded by a mortar round Rothacker Smith, his sergeant and another soldier wounded during the German...
Roxandich, George Being Captured
George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: with the 104th Infantry Division] was at a reunion when a fellow veteran...

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