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Combs, Monroe Normandy Invasion
[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] Monroe "Tex" Combs Monroe received orders to jump...
Moore, Charles Normandy Invasion
Charles Moore went to Bottesford which was 18 miles from Nottingham. [Annotator’s Note: Moore and the 440th Troop...
Cruise, Leslie Normandy Invasion
[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus and Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has off camera.]...
Kaslow, Solis "Sol" Normandy Invasion
On 5 June 1944, the squadron was about to take off to rendezvous with the mine sweepers when Solis “Sol” Kaslow, who...
Brueland, Lowell Normandy Invasion
Lowell Brueland flew missions on 6 June [Annotator’s Note: 6 June 1944] in Normandy. The first mission was to...
Bartels, Carl Normandy Invasion
Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] knew nothing about the invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day;...
Linkous, Melvin Normandy Invasion
Melvin Linkous and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division] came...
Lowry, Robert Normandy Invasion
Robert "Bob" Lowry had about 200 or 300 soldiers they [Annotator's Note: as crew on the USS LST-538 in Plymouth,...
Crandall, Joe Normandy Invasion
Joe Crandall served with the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Campaign of World War 2. Two weeks before...
Romano, Joseph Normandy Invasion and Reassignment
Joseph R. Romano [Annotator's Note: a gunner and helmsman aboard the Landing Craft, Guns (Large), LCG(L)-449] left...
Angst, Lawrence Normandy Landing and Moving Inland
[Annotator's Note: Lawrence Angst landed in Normandy, France one week after the 6 June 1944 D-Day invasion]. The heavy...
Waddill, Norris Normandy Landings
Norris Waddill was selected with two other men to go into the D-Day invasion. He was to accompany the 1st Infantry...
Tipper, Edward Normandy Preparations
Edward Tipper was on detached service with another company in Southern England during the preparatory phase to the...
Luce, Dwain Normandy then England
Going into this invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] was not...
Roach, Paul Normandy to Belgium
Paul Roach was a city engineer. He was in the reserves for two weeks in the summer. He was taking classes in command...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Normandy to England
The fighting around the La Fiere bridge and the village of Cauquigny was intense and Clinton Riddle and his comrades...
Allegrezza, Johnny Normandy to Germany
Johnny Allegrezza remembers they [Annotator’s Note: members of his unit, the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry...
Aleksandrowicz, Frank Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge
Frank Aleksandrowicz remembers that they were coming in on small ships. They went up a hill and to the bunkers on Omaha...
Abate, Sam Normandy to the Rhineland
Sam V. Abate was attached to the 1st Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Abate was a member of Reconnaissance Company...
Ehlers, Walter Normandy, the Medal of Honor and Being Wounded
On 9 June [Annotator's Note: 9 June 1944, during the Normandy invasion], they sent out platoons into a couple of fields...
Luce, Dwain North Africa
Dwain Luce left for North Africa from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The battleship USS Texas (BB-35...
Boitnott, Monty North Africa
Monty Joe Boitnott found out through mock ups and charts what their destination and code name were going to be before...
Boitnott, Monty North Africa
Monty Joe Boitnott never got the Garand rifle in his outfit. The first things they got did not even have a bayonet but...
Craig, James North Africa
James Craig knew he would be leaving home and did not know if he would get back. He was engaged to be married. After he...
Payne, Carl North Africa
Carl Payne told his men they had to be in operation as quickly as possible. [Annotator’s Note: Payne was stationed in...
Buckner, Jack North Africa and General Patton
Jack Buckner and his aircrew would get orders each late afternoon as to what bombs to load. They did not know the...
Heim, Henry North Africa and Italy
Henry Heim was sent to North Africa and then to Italy. They bombed on the other side of the Alps out of Italy. His...
Dixon, Leon North Africa to Europe
After training, Leon Dixon headed to Europe. He was going to defend his country. He went to North Africa and landed in...
Boyd, Richard L. North Africa to France
Richard Boyd joined his company [Annotator's Note: Company B, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion] as a replacement in...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" North Africa to Italy
Once the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment arrived at Casablanca, Morocco and set up camp, Clinton Riddle and his comrades...
Luce, Dwain Northern Ireland and Normandy
Dwain Luce was staging in Northern Ireland for the invasion of Europe [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...
Hazard, Mark Not a Healthy Way to Live
When Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. joined the outfit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 313th Infantry Regiment,...
Harris, Whitney Nuremberg Research
A collective document center was established by Whiney Harris and his colleagues in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice....
Yackel, Eugene Nuremberg to Dachau
After Aschaffenburg [Annotator's Note: Aschaffenburg, Germany], Eugene Yackel went through Nuremberg [Annotator's Note...
Sykes, Ralph Nuremberg Trials
Among the prisoners in Ralph Sykes' prison were Hermann Goering's wife and daughter. The wives of other prisoners were...

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