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Tweedt, Vernon T. Von Rundstedt, Patton, and Normandy
What Vernon Tweedt saw of the Italian people was that they were willing to be helpful if necessary, but they pretty...
Alexander, Vernon Vosges Mountains
Vernon Alexander went through the Vosges Mountains experiencing the snow and cold. He was freezing to death. Alexander...
Coolidge, Charles Vosges Mountains, the Medal of Honor and Lemberg
[Annotators note: Charles Coolidge starts this segment in the middle of conversation as the camera started recording...
Maresca, Frank W. Voyage to England
Frank Maresca shipped out from the 54th Street Pier in Brooklyn aboard His Majesty's Ship Franconia, a converted luxury...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Waiting to Go Home
When the war was over, Leslie V. Freeman was pulled back to a rest area. They came up with the point system [Annotator'...
Barnes, Walter Walking Across Italy
Walter Barnes was sent to pick up some German prisoners. When he got to the enemy troops there were about a dozen of...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Walter Reed Hospital
Ora Hicks was one of the nurses to attend Yale University [Annotator's Note: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut...
Sakato, George Wanting to Fly and the Use of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
George Sakato discusses a Vietnam veteran that edits and tapes oral histories. He recalls that before the attack on...
Parra, Pedro War and Discrimination
Pedro Parra feels that most veterans of the war did not talk too much about it. The young people have no idea what it...
Walter, Robert War and the treatment of veterans
Robert Walter does not have any very bad or very good memories of the war. All of his memories have their places. There...
Eisenach, John War Breakout and Medic Training
[Annotator’s Note: Airplanes flying overhead are audible throughout segment.] John R. Eisenach was born in May 1925 on...
Mammino, Joseph War Breaks Out
Joseph John Mammino was unaware of the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression was a global economic...
Clark, Merrill War Changed the United States
Merrill J. Clark [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain...
Yudenfriend, Herbert War Crimes Trials
Herbert Yudenfriend heard the war crimes trial [Annotator's Note: conducted by the Philippine War Crimes Commission, 29...
Bauer, Wynn War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...
Brantley, Vernon War Ends in Europe
After six weeks in a hospital, Vernon Brantley was put in a replacement unit. He missed out on the Colmar expedition [...
McCarthy, George War Experience Overview
George W. McCarthy was born in April 1925 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He father worked as a lumberman, but lost his...
Bailey, Kenneth War Experiences
Kenneth H. Bailey and his future wife did a lot of talking about the war before he was drafted. In England, they...
Lafferty, Ralph War Experiences
Senator Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph Dole; American veteran and politician] had been in the same division, but...
Pearce, Milton War in Europe and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: It is very difficult to hear the interviewer speak throughout this segment.] In late 1943, Milton...
Bluestein, Bernard "Bernie" War in Europe Ends
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Bernard B. "Bernie" Bluestein only remembers...
Franklin, Paul War in the Philippines
Paul Franklin landed in Manila Bay [Annotator’s Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] 23 days after setting sail. He...
Trindal, Wesley War is chaos
When Wesley Trindal joined his unit on the front lines as a replacement he did not see many people who were not also...
Billingsley, James War is Confusion
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...
Blanckenburg, William "Bill" War is Scary
William Blanckenburg was alongside a creek and the Germans were on the other side. This was before Blanckenburg got...
Franklin, Paul War Memories
Paul Franklin went to work for an oil company after he graduated high school. While at the water house, Franklin...
Johnson, Kaare War Production
Kaare Allan Johnson lived one lot away from a movie theater, The Victory Theater [Annotator's Note: in New York, New...
Wilkins, Byron War Reflections
Byron Othello Wilkins helped form a club with Corps Commander Troy Middleton who was University Controller. The club...
Cowell, Ernest War Reflections
Ernest Cowell thinks being on shore in the Army is different from being at sea in the Navy. In the Navy, he did not...
Schmitt, Warren War stories
Warren Schmitt was always interested in cameras. He liberated two pretty nice cameras in Germany and took up...
Duncan, Reginald War Time Stories
Reginald Duncan and his unit [Annotator's Note: 511th Engineer Light Ponton Company] were based in Redange, Luxembourg...
Steinfeld, Manfred War Winds Down
Manfred Steinfeld recalls that in April 1945, a special formation of Division Headquarters [Annotator's Note:...
Kean, Robert War's End
Robert Kean talks about a letter he wrote home. After the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
Alexander, Vernon War's End
Vernon Alexander's 103rd Infantry Division had met the 5th Army at the Brenner Pass and was in Austria on V-E Day [...
Damiano, George War's End
George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...
Kanter, Joseph War's End
oseph Kanter [Annotator's Note: with 2nd Battalion, 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division] saw a...

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