European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Zawada, Robert Segment 2
Robert Zawada was 16 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He graduated from high school in 1942. He did not think...
Sabol, Emil Segment 2
Sabol was flying at 28,500 feet when he was shot down. He had heard about other guys being shot at by fighter planes on...
Phillips, Henry Segment 2
Henry Phillips' regiment went through a series of disasters during the battle. One full company was bush whacked by the...
Kalil, Louis Segment 2
Kalil and the others were not prepared while training in Louisiana. They did not have any of the equipment they would...
Shoens, Robert Segment 2
The Army Air Corps knew that they needed to get the best pilots. Robert Shoens took his training in January of February...
Brissie, Lou Segment 2
Lou Brissie's father really wanted him to finish college. Mr. Mack [Annotator's Note: Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., or...
Ford, Richard Segment 2
Richard Ford was in Panama City when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was in a bar when he found out. Panamanian police...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 2
Onesi recalls the aircraft flying in a very tight V formation to protect each other. They bombed their targets during...
Murphy, Robert Segment 2
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper and pathfinder in Company A, 1st Battalion, 505th...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 2
The next morning, possibly around 3 am, Baldwin and the rest of Cannon Company were told to get ready to go ashore. To...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 2
Richard Duchossois knew his unit was going to be a tank destroyer unit. None of the men in the battalion had ever even...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 2
Rankin left McChord Field on 14 July 1942 and arrived in Santa Ana, California in 15 July 1942 for preflight training....
Kirk, Mancel Segment 2
Mancel Kirk was selected to go on a 10 man patrol to snatch a prisoner. They passed through the German lines and made...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 2
At first, Paluch was attached to the 1st Army and was then transferred to the 3rd Army. When they got to the Hurtgen...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 2
Currey recalled combat along the Siegfried line as being like combat anywhere. They are shooting at you and you are...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 2
By the time Barney Old Coyote got out of the service the letter [Annotators Note: see Barney Old Coyote Segment 1] had...
Jackson, Donald Segment 2
They moved to Palermo. They did some road work there and tried to catch up with the infantry.Fortunately, they were not...
Bell, Bryan Segment 2
At Ft. Benning, Bell ended up training with the 79th Infantry Division. As an officer, Bell remembers going through...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 2
They left Fort Dix in October 1943. They sent their families home.They went to Europe on a liberty ship. The whole...
Doi, Michael Segment 2
When Michael Doi and the rest of the 100th Battalion were on the French Italian border they were allowed passes to go...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 2
They thought they were going to head back to the United States. They practiced close order drill. On the 16th of...
Christie, Robert Segment 2
A year after enlisting as a private Robert Christie graduated from OCS [Annotators Note: Officer Candidate School] with...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 2
Freddie Ohr and his family moved to a place where they could not find any meat. They had a bunch of cats and his mother...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 2
On 25 March 1938, the Greek freighter Steve Pisanos got a job aboard steamed to Oran, Algeria, in North Africa. He...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 2
The Russians were on their way to Berlin and so was Joseph Diamond's unit [Annotators Note: the 413th Infantry Regiment...
Woods, Edward Segment 2
Woods did well in school. He could have gone on to any of the advanced training schools but he volunteered to go out as...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 2
Leonard Spivey did very well in his training and was qualified to continue training as a navigator. Spivey went to...
Noack, John Segment 2
John Noack came close to washing out one time and that was in basic. One weekend they wanted to go home and see their...
Baynham, James Segment 2
Baynham was based at Tibenham, England where there were numerous airfields that were three or four miles apart. Every...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...
Hawk, John Segment 2
Hawk's father had served in the Army Coast Artillery in the Philippines during World War I and woke Hawk up at 3 in the...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 2
Major Kriz [Annotator's Note: 394th Infantry Regiment's commanding officer] hand-picked the men. They were chosen by IQ...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 2
Lynn Compoton had just played football against USC when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Compton woke up to hearing people talk...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 2
Ardel Bollinger did not get along with the Colonel in England. When Bollinger asked for a recommendation to join the...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 2
Baum recalls that Jewish men did not receive the recognition that the other soldiers did. It was not as bad for the...

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