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Matsumoto, Roy Counter Intelligence Corps
Roy H. Matsumoto saw the city of Hiroshima [Annotator's Note: Hiroshima, Japan] after the war. It was flattened and...
Kellegrew, Kent Country Boy to Army Man
Kent Butzer Kellegrew was born in September 1923 in Duluth, Minnesota. After four years in Duluth, his family moved to...
Cheever, Lawrence Country Boy to Medical Corps
[Annotator's Note: Larry Cheever can be difficult to understand at times] Larry Cheever was born in September 1920 in...
Skinner, Charles Country Boy to Military Training
Charles Brightman Skinner was born in May 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida. He had an older brother who served in World...
Stefaniak, Joe Court Martial then Overseas
In 1942, Joseph Stefaniak and some friends got a three-day pass [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short...
Foy, John Court Martial, Discharge, and Postwar Career
As a result of a court-martial, John Foy's rank was reduced to corporal just before his discharge. He was a staff...
Rooney, Andrew Covering D-Day and Cherbourg
Andrew A. Rooney was covering the 8th Air Force [Annotator's Note: for the Stars and Stripes, American military...
Graham, Chester "Chet" Covering Hill 30 and Saving Utah Beach
When he got up to Hill 30 [Annotator's Note: in Capponet, France], Chet Graham [Annotator's Note: Chester Earl Graham]...
Matsumoto, Roy Criminal Investigation Division
Roy H. Matsumoto returned to the United States and decided to stay in the Army. He extended his term of service only to...
Alaniz, George Critically Wounded and Evacuated from Attu
George Alaniz landed on the beach at Attu. [Annotator's Note: Alaniz was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 32nd...
Mason, Raymond Crossing into Germany
Raymond Mason did his first flying in an L-4 [Annotator’s Note: Piper L-4 Grasshopper]. Mason saw barrage balloons when...
Cupina, John Crossing into Germany
John J. Cupina got an infected tooth and a dentist had to pull it without medication. He also had frozen feet and...
Mabarac, Raymond Crossing the Atlantic
When Raymond Mabarac went from California to Europe, it was a "surprise move." The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's...
Tunnicliff, Ed Crossing the Atlantic
Ed Tunnicliff received a two week furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] after...
Breen, Vernon Crossing the Atlantic
Vernon Breen says that during the trip across the North Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean], the weather was...
Reitman, Seymour Crossing the Danube
After the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, Seymour Reitman and his division [Annotator's Note: Reitman was a member of...
Cupina, John Crossing the Elbe River
When John J. Cupina's unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division...
Langrehr, Henry Crossing the English Channel
Prior to jumping on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], some of the fellas...
St. Amant, Philemon Crossing the German Lines
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant saw some graves of members of the German Army and some of them were Jewish. Saint Amant's...
Marr, John W Crossing the La Fiere Causeway
Lieutenant John Marr had encounters with other American officers and commanders in the field early on in the Normandy...
Lombardo, Samuel Crossing the Minefield
The most memorable experience for Samuel Lombardo during the war came when he had to cross a minefield. It was the most...
Madden, Paul Crossing the Moselle
Paul Hilton Madden Jr. was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division as a...
Debrick, Arnold Crossing the Our River
Arnold Debrick was at a reunion with his wife some years after the war. They arrived early and his old colonel was...
Eshbach, Robert Crossing the Rhine
Robert Eshback and the three other men of the machine gun section stood guard 24 hours a day, then they switched off....
Kenney, Clyde Crossing the Rhine
A lot of the small towns along Clyde Kenney's march were "butchered," and Germany was "pulverized" during that period...
Ngai, Johnny Crossing the Rhine
Johnny Ngai crossed the Rhine River [Annotator's Note: into Germany]. Three days later they were told the war would be...
Boeke, Robert Crossing the Rhine
Robert Boeke's intelligence and reconnaissance group [Annotator's Note: of the 341st Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry...
Burrus, William Crossing the Rhine
William Burrus went from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to Southampton, England [Annotator's Note: on...
Cross, William Crossing the Rhine
William V. Cross [Annotator’s Note: with the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division] crossed into Germany...
Hurd, Francis Crossing the Rhine and Manning Roadbloacks
Francis Hurd's unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 291st Engineer Combat Battalion] was responsible for keeping the...
Zarger, Edward Crossing the Rhine River
Edward Zarger's brother was killed on 16 September 1944 in Mountain Home, Idaho when a B-24 bomber [Annotator's Note:...
Day, Morris "Gene" Crossing the Rhine River
On Christmas 1944 [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1944], Morris Eugene Day was in Langendorf, Germany. His unit [...
Watson, Donald Crossing the Rhine River
Donald G. Watson's company [Annotator's Note: 271st Engineer Combat Battalion, 71st Infantry Division] moved quickly...
Arst, Paul Crossing the Rhine River
Paul Arst belonged to a rotary club in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]. One year, the club did a...

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