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Della Vedova, Dominic From Africa to Italy
Dominic Della Vedova completed landings in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of North Africa,...
Tallon, Donald From Africa to Liberating Rome
After basic training, Don Tallon left Virginia for Africa. The journey took 21 days in a convoy. They had rough weather...
Howard, William From Anzio to Rome
William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...
Bucksell, Norris From Anzio to the Arno River
Norris Bucksell arrived in Italy with the 370th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry Division July 1944. They went...
Acevedo, Anthony From Bad Orb to Berga
Anthony Acevedo was picked to be part of a group of 350 Jewish and other undesirables being sent to Berga in the Ulster...
Lesniewski, Joseph From Basic Training to Jump School
Joseph Lesniewski went into the US Army Air Forces and was sent to California. He was in ten different camps while...
Amrod, Paul From Basic Training to Okinawa
Paul Amrod joined the Army because his siblings had set the example, and his love of country obliged him to do his part...
Abate, Sam From Being Inducted to Fighting in France
Sam V. Abate reported to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] to get a physical and to get sworn in [...
Griffenhagen, George From Bizerte to Sicily
The 20th Engineers was the first unit to go into Bizerte. George Griffenhagen and his fellow engineers spent the first...
Kawamoto, Yukio From Bougainville to Luzon
[Annotator's Note: Yukio Kawamoto served in the Army as a Japanese interpreter with the 37th Infantry Division in the...
Walter, Robert From Camp Maxey to Krinkelt
[Annotators Note: Robert Walter was a platoon sergeant in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th...
Keller, Richard From Camp Shelby to Fiji
Richard Keller had a good friend from Alabama who was a funny guy. He received different training than Keller had...
Courant, Hans From Camp Upton to Los Alamos
Hans Courant does not recall which year that happened [Annotator's Note: when he was drafted]. After reporting in he...
Carter, Donald From Cherbourg to Paris
On the twelfth day of combat, Don Carter's squad [Annotator's Note: in Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th...
DeCarlo, Mario From Connecticut to Paris
Mario DeCarlo was born Stamford, Connecticut in 1925. Even though he grew up during the Great Depression, he had a...
Laborde, Lucien From D-Day to St. Lo
Lucien Laborde was a regimental adjutant in the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division when he landed in...
Stokes, Howard From Early Life to Tropical Life
Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...
Parra, Pedro From Engineer Training to Kwajalein Atoll
[Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra was assigned to the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1943.] They did not...
Leopold, Vernon From England to Belgium
Vernon Leopold was trained as a radio operator at Camp Wolters, Texas then went into the ASTP, Army Specialized...
Maresca, Frank W. From England to France
Frank Maresca went ashore on the Albert Dock in Liverpool. When they offloaded from the ship there was no one around....
Nussenbaum, Seymour From England to France
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum and his outfit [Annotator's...
Shoughrue, Wilson From England to the Front
Wilson Shoughrue and the others went overseas aboard a British liner. The trip took about five days after which they...
Spaulding, Arthur From Enlistment to France
Arthur Spaulding decided to enlist in the Army because his brother was in the V-12 unit [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy...
Hatala, Albert From Europe to the Pacific
Not long after the Germans surrendered, Albert Hatala's battalion [Annotator's Note: Hatala was a member of...
Knudsen, Elmer From Fort Driant to Saarlautern
Elmer Knudsen's unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Viera, Conrad From Fort Rucker to Occupied Japan
[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...
Singlaub, John From France to China
John Singlaub completed his mission with the French resistance in France. His proposal for a mission to organize French...
Colson, Earl From France to the Philippines
Earl Colson landed in Le Havre, France [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division]. They trained there as they...
Wolf, Robert From Germany to the Philippines
Robert Wolf went into Cologne [Annotator's Note: Cologne, or Koln, Germany]. It was a desert. There was a lot that was...
DeForest, Harold From Guadalcanal to Bougainville
Harold DeForest landed in New Caledonia and was sent to a replacement center. There, he and another guy volunteered to...
Jenkins, Samuel From Hammelburg to Moosburg and Liberation
Samuel Jenkins remembers the raid on Hammelburg. [Annotator's Note: The Hammelburg Raid or Task Force Baum was the...
Bell, Harry From Hattiesburg to Europe
Harry Bell was born in May 1925 and grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated high school in May 1943 and by...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" From Hawaii to Europe
Clarence Herbert Weatherwax served in the 298th Infantry Regiment which was a National Guard unit in federal service....
Kaylor, Emmett From Highspire, Pennsylvania to Luzon
Emmett Kaylor was born in Highspire, Pennsylvania. He went to school from kindergarten to 12th grade was in the same...
Wombacher, Delbert From Horses to Motorcycles
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Delbert Wombacher to talk about the 4th Cavalry Regiment's transition away from...
Jameson, Andrew From Hospital to Russians to Home
When one is wounded in the field, it is impossible to get out until nightfall. Andrew George Jameson [Annotator's Note...

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