European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Baynham, James Segment 4
It was surprising to Baynham when his parachute opened. He could see a power line that he was being blown toward. He...
Crain, Joe Segment 4
Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...
Hawk, John Segment 4
Hawk arrived in England and took a C-47 across the English Channel to France. His aircraft landed on an airstrip on the...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 4
When they were in the prisoner of war camp in Serbia the Serbs would go out on work details. Milosevich was able to...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 4
Lynn Compton was not told about the upcoming invasion while he was in Holborn. Compton could tell by the outlay of land...
Crain, Joe Segment 4
When Crain got a chance to examine his boat he noticed there were about 50 to 75 marks in the steel where bullets had...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 4
Ardell Bollinger had a couple of missions near Paris and Hamburg going after submarines. The cities had a large amount...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 4
Baum's combat command was a reserve command and the 1st 1 into the area at the front of the division. They came under a...
Spencer, David Segment 4
David Paul Spencer carried a .30 caliber M1 carbine. When he was in his hole and woke up to four dead Krauts around him...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Charles Scheffel served in the army as an infantry officer. He was sent to England with five other...
Mann, Karl Segment 4
There was a lot more action at night than during the day.The Allied troops on the Anzio beachhead were made up of...
Weinart, John Segment 4
John Weinart notes that the Virgin Mary prayer card experience is in the book that he wrote. The Bronze Star that...
Cokinos, Michael Segment 4
For the remainder of the war Michael Cokinos was a company commander in the 83rd Infantry Division. He served as a...
Rall, Gunther Segment 4
On 12 May 1944, there was a big air raid with 800 bombers and top cover from Hub Zemke and his wolf pack. They came...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 4
After the invasion they left Southern France [Annotator's Note: Perrett means Northern France, in June 1944] and...
McClellan, James Segment 4
They [Annotator's Note: the Germans] had a tank near there but it had been disabled and bombed by the Air Force.They...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 4
When Galloway was captured and was allowed to talk to his men, he explained to them why he was in the house and why...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 4
Wicker was told to go relieve the man on the gate but he refused because he knew he had more points than any man over...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 4
When Richard Candelaria returned to base he did rolls to signify his victories. The crew chiefs could tell that the...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 4
They were told that they had to march about 60 miles [Annotator’s Note: as American prisoners of war in Poland]. Corbin...
McKee, Ralph Segment 4
McKee and Whitsell were moved to a woman's home until arrangements were made to travel to Paris via train. He was...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 4
Alexander Jefferson came in the middle of the Tuskegee program. The first program was March 1942 and the last class was...
Keema, John Segment 4
John Keema and his group arrived in Framlingham in mid-July around the time of the Hamburg raids. Keema got to go into...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 4
Joseph Armanini describes flying back to England along the coast of Spain from Africa, landing the following morning....
Johnson, Oscar Segment 4
Oscar Johnson was taken to Frankfurt after being held in Bonn for a short time. All he gave the enemy was his name,...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 4
Off in the distance they could hear dogs barking. They knew that they were being searched for. They were sitting around...
Crump, Ralph Segment 4
Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...
Standifer, Leon Segment 4
They had a big fireplace, but it turned out to be a mock fireplace; the place was heated by steam. They lived in the...
Zager, Raymond Segment 4
Raymond Zager crossed the Rhine River into Austria. The Third Army had laid down a blanket of fog to cover the convoy....
Ehlers, Walter Segment 4
Ehlers, the interviewer, and a third party are talking during a brief break they took when the interviewer’s cell phone...
Gibbons, John Segment 4
When John Gibbons arrived over Berlin that day [Annotators Note: 6 March 1944] the flak was incredibly intense. Gibbons...
Hannan, Philip M. Segment 4
Hannan and Jacques developed good camaraderie. One of the great challenges that he faced was treating both the American...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 4
Ben Kuroki was amazed that he only saw one Japanese Zero [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, also known...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 4
Deploying overseas was the first time Stegmeier had ever left the country and it was interesting for him. When they...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 4
Ploesti, Romania was a well known target. The group had gone there several times and had some substantial losses there...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 4
During World War II it was the Japanese that occupied the Aleutian Islands, part of the United States. The attitude was...

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