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Kanter, Joseph Interrogating Prisoners
Many Jewish people in the Army spoke other languages, and sometimes the words would get mixed up. Yiddish [Annotator's...
Stern, Guy Interrogation Methods
Guy Stern was in Louisiana on maneuvers about a month or less. While on maneuvers they had an MP [Annotator's Note:...
Kafka, T. Interview Starts Over
Interview starts over again.
Marr, John W Interviewed by S.L.A. Marshall
Once Lieutenant John Marr and the rest of Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment crossed the bridge at La Fiere,...
Reilly, Joseph Interviews and Traveling
Joseph Dean Reilly was a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: PFC, with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute...
Spint, Robert Into Austria and the War Ends
Robert Spint was headed to Innsbruck [Annotator's Note: Innsbruck, Austria with the 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance...
Brooks, Morton Into Battle and Captured
At the time of his overseas deployment, Morton Brooks had little knowledge about the German treatment of Jews, except...
Uttero, Cosmo Into Brest then Liege
Cosmo Uttero spent 14 days without a rest [Annotator's Note: while serving with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 175th...
Blunt, Rockie Into Combat
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt’s father told him to join the Army. He attended Fort McClellan,...
Poole, John Into Germany
John Poole fought in small towns in France and Germany. After Sélestat, the next big engagement was getting through the...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Into Germany
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] The only thing Seymour Nussenbaum remembers...
Spint, Robert Into Germany and Concentration Camps
Robert Spint crossed the Rhine River with five others going to his unit [Annotator's Note: 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance...
Davis, Jack Into Germany and Wounded
Art Williams [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to verify identity] from Kentucky told Jack Davis they had to...
Willis, Meade Into the Alps and Dachau
Meade Willis would only be given one slice of bread, while the German prisoners would have all they wanted. He asked to...
Doss, Arles Into the Army and Homefront Work
Arles J. Doss was drafted into the Army in March 1944 and did his basic training in Little Rock, Arkansas. He trained...
Higgins, Gordon Into the Fray
Gordon Higgins traveled by train to Camp Shanks, New York, where troops were collecting before shipping out. He was...
Garbo, William Into the War
William Garbo was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. He was in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor....
Power, James Introduction
James Moore Power was born in Red Banks, Mississippi in May 1925. Power’s father was the head of the Mississippi Civil...
Yatsu, Lawrence Introduction and Early Life
Lawrence Yatsu served as a replacement with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion. He...
Boyer, Robert Introduction to Combat
In describing what it was like to go into combat for the first time, Robert Boyer said he saw a comrade "go to pieces"...
Sgobbo, Dominick Introduction to Combat
Kept waiting, Dominick Sgobbo was disappointed that he didn't get to Normandy until August 1944. The whole 2nd...
Jaccarino, Richard Introduction to Combat on Leyte
For a couple of weeks, Richard Jaccarino unloaded ships and moved supplies inland. The enemy was expected to come back...
Harris, Carroll Invading Attu
At three in the morning [Annotator's Note: of 11 May 1943], Carroll Harris disembarked from the submarine one mile from...
Smith, Charles Invading Echternach
Charles R. Smith [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry...
Smith, Charles Invading Germany
The rains came while Charles R. Smith and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th...
Luce, Dwain Invading Italy
Dwain Luce says there were several plans for airborne [Annotator's Note: 82nd Airborne Division in Allied invasion of...
Topel, Fred Invading Italy
After going through the African Campaign [Annotator's Note: Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, 8 to...
Gilbert, Lawrence Invading Salerno
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert had come down with malaria while in Sicily. Gilbert recalled the good weather on the...
Luce, Dwain Invading Sicily
Going into Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy] was not a complete success for glider pilot Dwain Luce. He did not...
Smith, William S. Invading Sicily
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was in the Battle of...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Invading Southern France
Vernon Tweedt was sent back to Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy, after Rome, Italy was liberated June 1944]....
Fallon, John Invading Southern France
John T. Fallon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] landed in...
Goad, Roy Invasion at Salerno
[Annotator’s Note: The video glitches throughout the segment.] Roy D. Goad, a lieutenant in the 36th Infantry Division...

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