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Wombacher, Delbert Louisiana Maneuvers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Delbert Wombacher was his role was in the Louisiana Maneuvers, series of Army...
Keller, Richard Louisiana Maneuvers
Richard Keller took part in the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: a series of major Army exercises held in 1941 in...
Langrehr, Henry Loved to Jump
Henry Langrehr liked to parachute because it was a thrill. They used T5 chutes [Annotator's Note: parachute] which were...
Werner, Jack Luck
Jack Werner often wonders if the younger generation could have done what his generation did. His story should be titled...
Winter, William Luck and Deploying to the Philippines
William Winter was at Fort McClellan for four months, after which they were assigned to Army units. In October 1944, he...
Jones, Johnnie Lumber Yard Worker to Southern University
Children only went to school for three months each year. After he finished school, Johnnie A. Jones, Senior's brother,...
Groth, Walter Luzon
Walter Groth remembers that military intelligence had underestimated the number of Japanese on the island [Annotator’s...
Simon, Albert Luzon
Albert Simon was at Woodpecker Ridge in Luzon [Annotator’s Note: Luzon, the Philippines]. They landed on Leyte Island [...
Schweitzer, Philip Luzon and the End of the War
[Annotator's Note: Philip Schweitzer served in the Army as a combat medic in the 11th Airborne Division and took part...
Schweitzer, Philip Luzon and the Raid at Los Banos
After that [Annotator's Note: the 11th Airborne Division's combat operations on leyte], they headed for Luzon on a...
Crews, Lorenzo Maginot Line
Lorenzo Dow Crews and his unit, 397th Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: Crews was a squad leader in Company I, 3rd...
Kerner, John Mail and Gangster
Receiving mail was very important to John Kerner. He came under attack while in Normandy and a guy crawled up to him...
Poliseno, Dominick Mainland Italy
Dominick Frank Poliseno compares his first amphibious landing in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy] to the second...
Craig, James Maintenance Crew
James Craig was waiting to get on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] to cross to the beach [Annotator's Note...
Farley, Daniel Maisy Battery
[Annotator's Note: Daniel Farley served in the Army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] On 9 June [...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Making Fake Patches
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was attached to what was...
Reluga, Matthew Malmedy Massacre
Matthew A. Reluga did not take a shower after Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Larson, William Manchester to Munich
In early 1944, William Larson got orders overseas. He had gotten married just a few weeks before. He landed in England...
Dietrick, Alfred Maneuvering in Salerno
After making it to relative safety [Annotator's Note: during the fighting around Salerno, Italy], Alfred Dietrick...
Levee, Harris Manhattan Project
Harris H. Levee reported to the University [Annotator's Note: Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago,...
Burkett, William Manila
William Burkett had gotten there [Annotator’s Note: the Philippines then Japan] two weeks after the war was over. At...
Kawamoto, Yukio Manila
As far as Yukio Kawamoto could tell, he did not experience too much racism or ill feelings towards him. Most of his...
Marich, Robert Manila and Raid on Los Baños
Robert Marich's unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne...
Marr, John W Manoir La Fiere
John Marr landed in water up to his armpits on D Day after the jump [Annotators Note: into Normandy] and immediately...
Hughes, Lowell Many Close Calls
Lowell Hughes first encountered Germans in Sicily, Italy. He never had any face to face contact with them but he dealt...
Angst, Lawrence Many Promotions
Lawrence Angst was promoted from PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class] through to Sergeant. Each level bringing a...
Langrehr, Henry Man’s Inhumanity to Man
All Henry Langrehr knows about Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz I; Oświęcim, Poland]] is what he saw. The people...
Larson, William Map-Making and Surveying
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Larson to talk about the precision involved in map making.] There were...
Larson, William Map-Making Tools
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Larson to talk about the instruments used in map making.] William...
Colbert, Hugh Marched Off Into Captivity
When the Germans captured Hugh Colbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry...
Smith, Rothacker Marching into Captivity
Rothacker Smith suffered from pains in his foot. In the Army, they would play with the explosives out of hand grenades...
Johnson, Kaare Marching Through Southern France
After Kaare Allan Johnson's unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...
Beard, Oral Mariveles
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Harkness, Henrietta Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge
Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] was sent to Nijmegen, Holland...

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