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Kuskie, Glen Childhood, Joining the Army, and Attack on the Philippines
Glen Kuskie was born in February 1924 on a dairy farm in Lincoln, Nebraska. When his family moved to town, his dad...
Rupp, Robert Choosing the Field Artillery
Robert Rupp liked the military. He decided while he was in school that if he was going to war, he would rather be an...
Langrehr, Henry Christians and Dying
Henry Langrehr was told about the D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasionm of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] plans....
Yip, Wallace Christmas 1944
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wallace Yip, Sr. how he felt about being wounded and hospitalized, and then...
Alexander, Vernon Christmas 1944
Vernon Alexander and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry...
Cross, William Christmas and Captured
William V. Cross [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division] was in Europe at...
Davis, Jack Christmas in the Bulge
On Christmas Day [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944], a German came over with a white flag and asked Jack Davis'...
Casebonne, Louis CIC in Germany
Louis E. Casebonne was assigned to the CIC office [Annotator’s Note: 970th Counter Intelligence Corps] in Marseille,...
Cornelia, Matthew City Boy to Army Draftee
Matthew Cornelia was born in July 1918 and raised in Rochester, New York. His parents were both born in Ireland. At a...
Geller, Robert City Boy to Army Man
Robert Geller was born in July 1922 and grew up in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. Geller’s...
Velfling, Jacob City Boy to Army Man
Jacob Velfling, Jr. was born in Cadillac, Michigan in May 1926. Velfling played many sports in high school and had a...
Beilman, Robert City Boy to Infantry Man
[Annotator's Note: Recording begins while interviewer is prepping Robert Lewis Beilman. Actual interview begins at 0:01...
Smith, Jacques City Boy to Jump School
Jacques Brewster Smith was born in September 1923, in Buffalo [Annotator's Note: Buffalo, New York]. Due to the Great...
Howard, Taylor Civil Rights Movement
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] After returning home from World War 2,...
Laborde, Lucien Civilian and Military Life Before the D-Day Invasion
Lucien Paul Laborde was named after his grandfathers. He was the third boy in his family. Laborde was born in Vinton,...
Birnbaum, Stanley Civilian Career
Stanley Jack Birnbaum was offered a fellowship in cybernetics which was the forerunner of computers. He elected to...
Tunnicliff, Ed Civilian Life and Dreams of the War
Ed Tunnicliff adjusted quickly back into civilian life. The Vietnam [Annotator's Note: Vietnam War, or Second Indochina...
Feldman, Henry Civilian LIfe and Postwar Career
Henry Feldman had no major problems returning home after the war. He soon decided to return to school since he left...
Ford, John Civilian Life and Reflections
After his time in the Army, John Holton Ford returned to the University of Cincinnati [Annotator’s Note: in Cincinnati...
Bronstein, Isador Civilian Life and Reflections
Isadore Bronstein returned to civilian work on 18 March [Annotator's Note: 18 March 1946]. His family had spent time...
Estes, Bruce Civilian to Army
[Annotator’s Note: Video goes black at 0:11:11.000 – 0:11:18.000.] Bruce Estes [Annotator’s Note: born in Atlanta,...
Crews, Lorenzo Civilian to Military Training
Lorenzo Dow Crews was born in April 1924 in Memphis [Annotator's Note: Memphis, Tennessee]. His father worked as a...
Smith, John Clearing Luzon
At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945], John Smith left Leyte, and was among the last to be issued new...
Watson, Donald Clearing Mines
Donald G. Watson and his division [Annotator's Note: Watson was a member of the 271st Engineer Combat Battalion, 71st...
Biondo, Frank Clearing Omaha Beach
[Annotator's Note: Frank Biondo and his Company C, 5th Engineer Special Brigade were sheltering behind steel girders as...
Griffenhagen, George Clearing The Way To Paris
George Griffenhagen went in on a Dutch ship [Annotator's Note: when he traveled from Sicily to Great Britain]. They...
Brown, Bernard Close Call
In the last weeks of the war, Bernard Brown, and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 410th Infantry...
Ollar, Vernon Close Call in Dillingen
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] After the combat at the...
Hackman, Delbert Close Call in Mons
Delbert Franklin Hackman [Annotator's Note: a mechanic with Headquarters Battery, 391st Armored Field Artillery...
Rice, Darold Close Calls
Darold Rice reached the peak of Hill 122 and had gone to ground to wait for further orders. While lying there, a German...
Guidry, Shirley Close Calls in Europe
Shirley Guidry and his unit [Annotator's Note: the 1143rd Engineer Combat Group serving in Europe] took continuous...
Dumas, Floyd Close Encounters with the Germans
Floyd Dumas had been in hiding in Italy for five months. One close encounter Dumas had with German soldiers was when he...
Angst, Lawrence Close-calls and Being Wounded
Lawrence Angst remembers one close call very well. He was in basic training with another man. They were both first in...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Closer to Death
A guy approached Vernon Tweedt's wife at a reunion and told her he wanted to share something about Tweedt. Their...
Quigley, Tom Closing Stages of Battle of Bulge
Tom Quigley recalls how after having sufficiently halted the German advance, he and his men slogged their way back to...

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