European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Billow, Harold Segment 5
Billow did not give an interview for the trials in Europe. He has been interviewed several times since the war. He...
Baker, Dan Segment 5
Dan Baker crossed the Rhine River at Worms over a pontoon bridge. They waited on the German side for two weeks before...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 5
Lyle Bouck and Slape [Annotator's Note: US Army Sgt. William Slape] went back and got the platoon members who were to...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 5
On the 3rd of January 1945 the 101st [Annotator's note: 101st Airborne Division] attacked through the Bois Jacques...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 5
Clarene Anderson thought the P-39 was a cool airplane. With the engine mounted in the center of the plane there was...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 5
When Loevsky opened the nose turret to free the bombardier, the bombardier attempted to put on his shoes; according to...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 5
Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 5
Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 5
Clinton Gardner had been in Bastogne a week before it was captured because his outfit was helping with the Red Ball...
Luckadoo, John Segment 5
A typical mission for John Luckadoo started by him being woken up between three and half past three in the morning,...
Leahr, John Segment 5
Leahr got quite a bit of mail from home. Mail was important to him. He had three brothers in the service. One brother...
Zawada, Robert Segment 5
Wojiy was very paranoid and took the civilians back to the lieutenant [Annotator's Note: during fighting in the Alsace-...
Phillips, Henry Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Henry Phillips served in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division.] By...
Kalil, Louis Segment 5
Kalil mentions moving into the positions previously occupied by the 2nd Infantry Division at Lanzareth, Belgium. Kalil...
Shoens, Robert Segment 5
Robert Shoens knew that the planes coming towards him were not the much hoped for escort. In the briefing room after...
Brissie, Lou Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Lou Brissie served in the army as an infantryman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment...
Ford, Richard Segment 5
Richard Ford was at the assault training center near Bristol for a few months. There was a boys' school near them....
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 5
Onesi remembers the first prisoner of war (POW) camp he was in. It was an older camp that the Germans added barracks to...
Murphy, Robert Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 5
One day they attacked the city of Leipzig [Annotator's Note: Germany]. It was industrial, like Birmingham, Pittsburgh,...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 5
When Richard Duchossois and his unit got up into the Bulge [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Bulge] it was very cold...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 5
Rankin had made "Ace in a Day." [Annotator's Note: a term used to describe a fighter pilot scoring five or more...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 5
The Gothic Line goes all the way across Italy. The area where Mancel Kirk and his Company G, 168th Infantry Regiment...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 5
Paluch has pictures of the Malmedy Memorial. He does not think about the massacre that much anymore. He has other...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 5
After going past the site of the Malmedy Massacre, they kept going and their next major battle was in a town called...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 5
Barney Old Coyote’s unit received Presidential Unit Citations for the job they did in bombing bases in the...
Jackson, Donald Segment 5
Jackson describes what he experienced at Dachau.They knew it was there. They were called in to clear the bodies. But...
Bell, Bryan Segment 5
The scout that noticed the machine gun nests hidden in the changed leaves was able to go back to Bell and relay what he...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 5
They moved on and Schmedemann ended the war in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia with the Fifth Corps. Pilsen was undamaged so...
Doi, Michael Segment 5
Michael Doi does not recall hearing about the death of President Roosevelt. Doi made a lot of Caucasian friends on the...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 5
The intelligence was good for the southern France operation. The intelligence officers claimed to know the rank and...
Christie, Robert Segment 5
Robert Christie notes that the armored tank units worked with the armored infantry. One of the residents at Christie's...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 5
Freddie Ohr flew in a P-64 and a P-35. He cannot find the P-64 in modern books about fighters. Both were forerunners to...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 5
Steve Pisanos scored his first victory on 21 May [Annotators Note: 21 May 1943]. They had taken bombers to Frankfurt,...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...
Woods, Edward Segment 5
Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

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