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Graham, Chester "Chet" Early Life, Entrance Into Service and Deployment
Chet Graham [Annotator's Note: Chester Earl Graham] was born in Oakland, California in March 1918, and moved around...
Snyder, Harry Early Life, the Draft and Training
Harry Snyder was born in August 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an only child who lived with his mother and...
Ryan, John Early Life, the Draft, and Training
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] John Ryan was born in June 1924, one of four...
Mero, Robert Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Robert Mero was born in December 1924 in Canastota, New York, the youngest of the family's three sons. During the Great...
Caplan, Lester Early Life, the Draft, and Training
Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...
Fatora, Jerome Early Life, the Draft, Training and Deployment
Jerome Fatora was born in July 1925 in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. He grew up there and when the draft age was lowered...
Lane, Charles Early Life, The Great Depression, the CCC, and Military Training
Charles Nathan Lane was born in Carryville, Arkansas in June 1919. Lane recalls the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Morrison, Donald Early Life, Training and Fighting in Europe
Donald C. Morrison was part of the 2nd Infantry Division, 38th Infantry Regiment, Company K [Annotator's Note: Company...
Roderick, David Early Training and War Beginnings
David Roderick was born in Decatur, Illinois on 18 November 1923. Roderick had five brothers. His mother and father...
Genrich, Howard Early Years
Howard Genrich was born in 1925 in Algona, Iowa. At the time he was born, his parents were living with his grandparents...
Glass, Murray Early Years
Murray Glass was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Bronx. His father was the manager and part owner...
Johnson, Burton Early Years
Burton Johnson was born in Providence, Rhode Island in May 1920. His parents delivered groceries to families even...
Rooney, Andrew Earning a Bronze Star
Andrew A. Rooney went to the front lines a lot [Annotator's Note: as a correspondent for the Stars and Stripes,...
Rupp, Robert Earning a Presidential Unit Citation
Robert Rupp was surprised by the atomic bomb drops on Japan [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...
Billingsley, James Earning a Silver Star
[Annotator's Note: There is a tape break and this clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence. There are some cuts...
Mero, Robert Earning the Bronze Star
In February 1945, Robert Mero volunteered for another patrol that involved an assault group and a support group. He...
Smith, John Earning the Bronze Star Medal
Fighting in the Leyte Valley area lasted for two brutal months, and John Smith related the tale of the event that...
Chauvin, Ernest Easy Day; Hard Day
Ernest Chauvin and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 272nd Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry...
Ritter, Louise Easy Time in Europe
After World War 2 ended, Louise Post Ritter volunteered to go overseas to Europe as an Army Nurse with her sister. In...
Nance, Stanley Educated Upbringing
Stanley Boyd Nance was born in Garfield, Utah in February 1918. He served in an Army Signal Company, 23rd Headquarters...
Amrod, Paul Education and Postwar Life
When he was in high school, Paul Amrod played baseball as a catcher. In the service, he learned he was not major league...
Schweitzer, Philip Education and Postwar Life
Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...
Denius, Franklin "Frank" Education and Training
Franklin Denius originally volunteered for service because he had already taken 4 of ROTC [Annotators Note: Reserve...
Paret, Peter Education at the University of California at Berkeley
After high school in San Francisco, California, Peter Paret entered the University of California at Berkley. He...
Angst, Lawrence Effects of Injuies and Treating German Civilians
Lawrence Angst never became a doctor because he could not. He came back and recovered from his injuries, but he could...
Mancuso, Frank Effects of the War
For Frank Mancuso, the war took away four years of his youth and there were many things he did not get a chance to do....
Burriss, Thomas Eight Ball
During the war, T. Moffatt Burriss encountered an individual nicknamed Eight Ball. Burriss first encountered him in...
Mock, John Eight Days in a Boxcar
By 21 March [Annotator's Note: 21 March 1945], the American forces were getting close so John Mock and his fellow...
Freeman, Bradford Eindhoven to Arnhem
They [Annotator's Note: Bradford Clark Freeman and his fellow paratroopers in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...
Lesniewski, Joseph Eindhoven, Holland
Joseph Lesniewski did not run into any resistance landing in Holland [Annotator's Note: during Operation Market Garden...
Marr, John W Eliminating a Machine Gun Position
During the assault on Manoir La Fiere [Annotators Note: La Fiere Manor] on D Day, Lieutenant John Marr led his advanced...
Walter, Robert Elsenborn Ridge
[Annotators Note: Robert Walter was a platoon sergeant in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th...
Steinfeld, Manfred Emigrating from Germany
Manfred Steinfeld was born in a small town of 419 people in Germany in April 1924. He attended public schools. When...
Bass, Leon Encountering Southern Racism
Leon Bass was training in Mississippi. Black soldiers were to be given ideas about why we were fighting the war. The...
Willette, Edward Encountering the Enemy
Edward G. Willette and his division [Annotator's Note: Willette was a mortarman in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 413th...
DeForest, Harold Encounters with the Local Population
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with Harold DeForest talking to the interviewer about his son in law who was...

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