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Finkbeiner, Theodore Combat Operations on Mainland Italy
Theodore Finkbeiner [Annotator's Note: as a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Gohlke, Marvin Combat Patrol
Marvin H. Gohlke was on a combat patrol. They were supposed to get an object or area. He was on the extreme left flank...
Garbo, William Combat Patrols
William Garbo first entered a combat zone in an Army DUKW [Annotator's Note: an amphibious truck, referred to as a Duck...
Schultz, Philip Combat Photography Team
Philip Schultz was a combat cameraman and part of a team that filmed the wartime action [Annotator’s Note: Schultz was...
Miksa, Robert Combat Recognitions and Grief
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] received the Silver Star, Bronze Star with an arrowhead and the Purple Heart...
Wilkes, R. "Bud" Combat Reflections
After finishing ASTP [Annotator's Note: Army Special Training Program], R.M. Wilkes was not sent back to the engineers...
Wilson, Paul Combat Reflections
Paul Wilson joined the 17th Airborne [Annotator's Note: Company A, 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...
Hurley, Wallace Combat Scouting
Wallace Hurley seldom knew where he was when he was in combat. He entered France and fought there before crossing into...
Schwartz, Bill Combat Stories
Bill Schwartz [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division] calls his combat...
Strobel, Clarence Combat Stories
Clarence Strobel’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was serving in the honor guard for General MacArthur [...
Kitts, James Combat to Race Car Driver
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Albert Kitts what it was like to be in combat for the first time.] It was...
Skinner, Theodore Combat Tour in North Africa
Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. was sent overseas to Scotland and then took a train to Tidworth Barracks in Southern England....
Hatala, Albert Combat Training and Deployment to Italy
Albert Hatala was inducted at Camp Custer, Michigan and was then sent to Camp Swift, Texas for basic training. He then...
Pigott, Terrell Combat with General Patton
Terrell Lavern Pigott reached Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France in November 1944]. He was to be attached to...
Yackel, Eugene Combat with the 103rd Infantry Division
Combat is something Eugene Yackel will never forget. They [Annotator's Note: 103rd Infantry Division] moved out in...
Gatewood, Otis Combat, Being Wounded and Captured, then Going Home
Late in the war, Otis Gatewood said, there was a lot of propaganda circulating on the front lines. Hitler [Annotator's...
Foster, Robert Combat, Fear, and Death
The first time somebody shoots at you, the bullet pops when it goes past your head. Robert E. Foster remembers that...
Nicholson, Elmer Combat, VE-Day, and Losing His Brother
Elmer Nicholson, Jr. remembers the Germans had patrols. Both sides knew they were not going anywhere. The Germans did...
Cross, William Combating against the Germans
William V. Cross [Annotator’s Note: with the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division] made passage to France on...
Wells, Raymond Coming Home
Raymond Wells was moved to another hospital. While there his wisdom teeth were taken out and he contracted malaria...
Wieland, Kenneth Coming Home
There was no homecoming reception in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], other than some high...
Abate, Sam Coming Home
You had to have 85 points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that determined...
Goodwin, Kenneth Coming Home
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin finished his part of the history [Annotator's Note: of 185th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry...
Billingsley, James Coming Home
James Billingsley got extra points for his medals towards coming home. He went into a depot and had to take everything...
Kent, Edward Coming Home and Postwar
When Edward F. Kent went into combat in Europe, he carried a carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic...
Angst, Lawrence Coming Home and Postwar Life
Lawrence Angst was very anxious to get back to school after the war. He got his degree on the G.I. Bill. He became a...
Trindal, Wesley Coming in with prisoners
[Annotators Note: Wesley Trindal served in the US Army as a rifleman in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry...
Hatala, Albert Coming to America and Wanting to Fight
Albert Hatala was born in 1923 in Czechoslovakia. When he was about six months old his father moved to the United...
Breen, Vernon Coming Under Fire
Traveling on, Vernon Breen says he thinks the next town they approached was Achensee {Annotator's Note: assume he is...
Keller, Richard Command and General Staff School
While Richard Keller was in Miami he got a phone call from a major asking if Keller wanted to go to the Command and...
Pierce, Wayne Command Decisions
Wayne Pierce felt the night attack on Cauyuigy was the right thing to do. The attack failed because the 400 Americans...
Werner, Jack Commanders
Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died 12 April [Annotator's...
Morgenthaler, David Commanding Civlians
David T. Morgenthaler returned to the United States at the end of the war with Europe. He had a 45 day leave [Annotator...
Alexander, Vernon Commanding Generals
Vernon Alexander and the 103rd Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Alexander was a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion...
Fallon, John Commanding Good Men
John T. Fallon lost his Colonel Lombard [Annotator's Note: of the 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] and was not the first...
Whitaker, Fred Commanding Officers
Fred Whitaker crossed the channel [Annotator’s Note: the English Channel between England and France] and landed at Le...
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