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Lesniewski, Joseph Jumping into Holland
Sometime in August [Annotator's Note: August 1944], Joseph Lesniewski and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd...
O'Connor, Robert Jumping into Normandy
Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a communications sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...
Bell, Elmo Jumping into Normandy
Elmo E. Bell retired from the US Army as a full colonel. His Mississippi National Guard retired grade is brigadier...
Creek, Roy Jumping into Normandy
Roy Creek remembers the chaos at Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June...
Miles, George Jumping into Normandy
George Miles [Annotator's Note: serving with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] jumped into...
Lesniewski, Joseph Jumping Into Normandy
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne...
Lee, Theodore Jumping into Normandy and Postwar Life
After landing at Le Havre [Annotator’s Note: Le Havre, France], Theodore R. Lee was shipped to an airstrip to be flown...
Waldman, Norman Jumping into Normandy and Taken Prisoner
The first combat jump Norman William Waldman and his regiment [Annotator's Note: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Williams, Robert Jumping into Normandy in 1994
[Annotator's Note: Robert L. Williams served in the Army as a paratrooper in Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th...
Freeman, Bradford Jumping into the French Countryside
[Annotator's Note: Bradford Clark Freeman served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th...
Graham, Chester "Chet" Jumping into the French Countryside
Chet Graham [Annotator's Note: Chester Earl Graham] was in Wollaton Park near Nottingham, England where the townspeople...
Wise, Curtis Jungle Training in Hawaii
After basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Curtis Winfred Wise went to Fort Rucker, Alabama to a new company...
Hirabayashi, Grant Jungle Training in India
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was very confused after visiting his family in an internment camp but returned to Fort Snelling...
Howard, William Just Sheer Terror
William Edwin Howard loved his trip overseas on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo...
Lee, Arthur Kamikazes on Okinawa
Returning to his service on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Arthur Lee said he went ashore on Higgins boats...
Gallichant, Normand Kanton Island and Postwar
Normand F. Gallichant was preparing to hit the beaches of Japan just before the war ended. Defenses in Japan would have...
Reynolds, Harley Kasserine Pass
Harley Reynolds’s 2nd battalion was in Faid Pass when the Germans made an attack to penetrate their lines and take some...
Martello, Dominic Kasserine Pass and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: Dominic Martello served in the Army as a half-track driver and gunner in Cannon Company, 39th...
Van der Pool, Ivan Kasserine Pass and El Guettar
Kasserine Pass [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kasserine Pass] was the one time Ivan Van der Pool was told to fix his...
Boitnott, Monty Kasserine Pass and War's End
Monty Joe Boitnott thought the strategy was ill advised at Kasserine Pass because they knew the enemy was coming. They...
Dumas, Floyd Killing a German and Being an Escaped POW
After Sicily, Floyd Dumas went to Salerno. The fighting there was not much different than it had been in Sicily except...
Wise, Curtis Killing a Tree
One of Curtis Winfred Wise's brothers was in the service. They did not talk much about it. He did talk to his parents...
Moskin, Alan Killing Germans and Losing Friends
Alan Moskin was a scout. Scouts go in ahead of the outfit to make sure the outfit does not get ambushed. Two men are...
Walker, Mort Killing is not the Answer
While in Italy, Mort Walker had heard about the holocaust but did not know much about it. It was not until later that...
Kent, Edward Kiska to Italy
Edward F. Kent and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 602nd Field Artillery Battalion (Pack)] were selected to go to Italy...
Stern, Guy Knight of the French Legion of Honor
Guy Stern returned to the United States in November 1945. A French count recommended him for a decoration by France....
Barnes, Walter Knowing Judo
Walter Barnes did not see much of a change in New Orleans when he returned after the war. Before the war he and his...
Kawamoto, Yukio Known and Unknown Family
Yukio Kawamoto's parents did not have to divulge too much about how their time in the camp went. Kawamoto had gotten a...
Willett, Richard Kooks in His Outfit
[Annotator's Note: Richard Willett was in Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France.] They finally left Lucky Strike and...
Johnson, Alfred Korea
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. joined the National Guard after he returned from World War 2. He worked as an aid for the...
Mancuso, Frank Korea
Once sent back to New Orleans, Frank Mancuso was assigned as a special services officer [Annotators Note: at Camp Leroy...
Wells, Raymond Korean War
A year after Raymond Wells was shipped to Okinawa Joyce joined him there. At the time there was very little in terms of...
Lillibridge, John Korean War
After John Lillibridge was discharged from the Army, he had no intention of returning to military life even though he...
Kafka, T. Korean War
After World War 2, T. Toby Kafka reenlisted into the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Reserves and was attached to an...
Wold, Vernon Korean War
Vernon Wold was infantry in World War 2 and a medic in Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to 1953]. He went to...
Britt, James Korean War
James Britt went back to Europe after the war. He was in a field observation battalion. He gathered intelligence about...

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