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Brantley, Vernon Being Wounded and Missing in Action
Vernon Brantley got a call that a German tank had been bypassed. He took a crew of four and some anti-tank mines and...
Doss, Arles Being Wounded and Returning Home
The night Arles J. Doss was wounded, the ambulance drove around without lights because the Germans could see them. Doss...
Lazinger, Sol Being Wounded and Returning Home
After being wounded [Annotator's Note: on 4 October 1944], Sol Lazinger was given morphine and brought behind the lines...
Andry, Robert Being Wounded and Treatment
After completing training, Robert Andry boarded a ship in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] bound for...
Radford, Charles Being Wounded at Monte Cassino
[Annotator's Note: Charles Radford served in the Army as an infantryman in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 133rd Infantry...
Baumgarten, Harold Being Wounded Five Times and Losing His Best Friend
Harold Baumgarten continues talking about his experience when he reached Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, 6...
Barton, Walter Being Wounded in Italy
In November 1944, during a battle in Italy, Walter Henry Barton was wounded by shell fire while manning a cannon. [...
Kelso, Robert Being wounded near the end of the war
Robert Kelso's unit had pulled up near a railroad track and dug in. He had heard that some of the guys went to a...
Pavlovich, Theodore Being Wounded on Luzon and Evacuated
On the morning of 3 February 1945, a mortar shell dropped in the rice paddy alongside Theodore Pavlovich and he took...
Ledford, Robert Being Wounded Three Times
Robert Ledford wanted to join the Army because he wanted to be on the ground fighting the enemy. When he heard the...
Jenkins, Samuel Belated Awards and Going Back to Lanzerath
Samuel Jenkins stayed in touch with some of the men he met during the war. He kept in touch with Carlos Fernandez...
Wilkins, Byron Belgian Border
Byron Othello Wilkins was given an automatic rifle after they cleared the foxholes on the hill. All the men had M1...
Spinato, Angelo Belgian Civilians
Angelo Joseph Spinato and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 4th Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 394th Infantry Regiment...
Thomas, A.C. Belgium
A.C. Thomas would argue with his superiors. He was put court martialed more than once. He did not know anything about...
Rogers, John Belgium, Reunions and Talking About the War
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with John Rogers and the interviewer chatting about Belgium.] John Rogers was...
Breaux, Lavenia "Lavenia Hickman" Benefits of Serving in the Army
There was a lot of segregation at the beginning but Lavenia Breaux had the impression that it eased up. Breaux believes...
Payne, Robert Berchtesgaden and Home
Robert Payne was at the Rhine [Annotator's Note: Rhine River] for about three weeks. His job was to fly observation...
Cowan, John Berlin Airlift
John L. Cowan was asked to teach incoming recruits how to handle a Garand rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-...
Sapp, Walter Berlin in May 1945
Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] was almost totally destroyed. That was Hitler's [Annotator's Note: German...
Maxwell, Robert Besançon, France
Robert Maxwell was laying communications wiring on the left side of a road at Besançon, France when he discovered that...
Blakey, Thomas Between France and Holland
The Germans were good soldiers, well-trained, had good equipment, and did not want the Americans there. Thomas J....
Maziarczyk, Michael Biak and the Philippines
Michael Maziarczyk remembers the Navy starting the bombardment at four in the morning. They made a hospital on the...
Wilkins, Byron Bicycling POWs
Byron Othello Wilkins left the infirmary and was placed on a farm where there were a lot of British and various other...
Gustafson, Gerald Black Feet and the Maginot Line
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment. Interviewee has...
Farley, Daniel Blackouts and Buchenwald
[Annotator's Note: Daniel Farley served in the Army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] When the war...
Baumgarten, Harold Bloody Omaha
Harold Baumgarten continues his description of American firepower [Annotator's Note: during the D-Day invasion of...
Meader, Byron Blowing Through Europe
[Annotator's Note: Rattling dishes can be heard in the background.] Byron Herbert Meader was sent to Camp Shelby [...
Blakey, Thomas BMW Motorcycles and Tabasco Sauce
Thomas J. Blakey was going up a road one day and heard a motorcycle. He went to the side of the road, saw it was a...
Kerner, John Bodmin, England
John Kerner took a German passenger ship overseas to Europe. He shared a stateroom with five other officers, and they...
Lesniewski, Joseph Bonn Hospital
Joseph Lesniewski kept no records about where they were going. In one battle, he got hit twice [Annotator's Note: he...
Higgins, Gordon Boot Camp and College
Gordon Higgins describes basic training and the evaluations performed and placements made as well as the issuance of...
Jones, Johnnie Boot Camp at Camp Claiborne
The draft board gave Johnnie A. Jones, Senior a letter of integrity to take to boot camp. [Annotator's Note: Jones...
Raner, Norman Boot Camp to Belfast
Norman Raner enlisted on 18 May 1941. He went to Port Des Moines [Annotator's Note: Port of Des Moines, Iowa] and then...
Brown, Robert Boot Camp to Los Alamos
Robert Brown left for boot camp in February 1943. He went to Fort MacArthur [Annotator's Note: Fort MacArthur,...
Weiss, Jack Bougainville
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Weiss what life aboard the USS Columbia (CL-56) was like.] He had duties....

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