European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Crain, Joe Segment 7
The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 7
Ardell Bollinger did not report back to base immediately. Bollinger still has shrapnel in his foot from when he was...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 7
Baum remembers when they broke through Schweinheim they were moving pretty fast. By that point, the Germans knew they...
Spencer, David Segment 7
David Paul Spencer did not run into problems with anyone except Goring [Annotators Note: German Reichsmarschall Hermann...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 7
Charles Scheffel did not know what to do when people start shooting at him but he realized that he had to do something...
Mann, Karl Segment 7
Prior to Mann being called to see Colonel Sparks [Annotator's Note: US Army Brigadier General Felix Sparks], Mann had...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 7
Perrett's contact with the German prisoner of war (POWs) he transported was very brief. The POWs were usually quite and...
Rall, Gunther Segment 7
[Annotator's Note: for the first 35 seconds of this segment Rall is speaking German with someone in the room other than...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 7
Galloway notes that as long as he was ahead of the German officers behind him he could sneak into a house. Galloway...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 7
Richard Candelaria and his German guards were becoming friends. The guards gave him cognac. The guards put him in a van...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 7
After they got away Corbin was told by his adjutant about Colonel Waters [Annotator's Note: US Army General John K....
Keema, John Segment 7
Keema had flown back to back to back missions on eight, nine, and ten [Annotator’s Note: 8, 9, and 10 October 1943]....
Armanini, Joseph Segment 7
Joseph Armanini tells a story about how the tail of a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 7
They would constantly catch rides until they got to Paris. The third day of travel they ended up in Paris. They ate...
Crump, Ralph Segment 7
Crump came back after the war to visit some of his buddies. He got there the very day they were floating the ship. They...
Standifer, Leon Segment 7
The Germans had a lot of horsedrawn equipment. Their tanks were good but they were too well engineered. To get a German...
Zager, Raymond Segment 7
Captain Cochran [Annotators Note: Raymond Zager’s company commander] ordered a crew of four jeeps to head back and pick...
Gibbons, John Segment 7
To John Gibbons none of the missions he flew were as bad as the 19 March mission [Annotators Note: the 19 March 1944...
Hannan, Philip M. Segment 7
Twins could stay and fight in the same unit. In many of the units in our military they did not permit two brothers in...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 7
Ben Kuroki has been ever so grateful for the fellow Americans who went to bat for him decades after the war. Their...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 7
They heard rumors about what had happened at Malmedy during the fighting in the Bulge. After hearing that they were...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 7
On the mission to Blechhammer one of Rackley's partner's lost an engine. He saw the cowling fly off of the engine. His...
Gross, Clayton Segment 8
When Clayton Kelly Gross returned to his unit after his 30 day leave, they were flying the Mustang and he flew it long...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 8
Ettlinger was working in a vein of mined salt deposits. In Heilbronn, they brought the salt to the surface, heated it...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 8
Lyle Bouck was all over the place during the fighting, but does not recall where he was or when. Kalil [Annotators Note...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 8
Clarence Anderson went on a couple of patrols with an experienced pilot in the lead and was then sent out on his own....
Loevsky, Louis Segment 8
Loevsky's destination during his long march was Stalag VIIA in Moosburg, Germany. Along the way to Moosburg they was...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 8
Ari Phoutrides's only thought of that day [Annotator's Note: a kamikaze attack on 15 to 16 April 1945] was that it was...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 8
At some point after Theodore Finkbeiner returned to his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 8
Clinton Gardner never thought of his own death but watched a few hundred men die. Gardner got sick and threw up around...
Luckadoo, John Segment 8
After the Bremen mission [Annotators Note: on 8 October 1943] John Luckadoo was temporarily grounded because he was...
Zawada, Robert Segment 8
All of the men in Zawada's squad wondered why they were going behind German lines to liberate Hammelburg. Rumors...
Phillips, Henry Segment 8
Henry Phillips' most vivid memory of the war is how well the Nazis proved themselves as being the worst horror that was...
Kalil, Louis Segment 8
After separating Kalil from the rest of the platoon after his capture, the Germans loaded Kalil on a truck and took him...
Shoens, Robert Segment 8
Robert Shoens' squadron had about four to six planes available. When they went back to Berlin on the eighth [Annotators...
Brissie, Lou Segment 8
Lou Brissie was taken into surgery on 11 December [Annotator's Note: 11 December 1944]. After the operation he returned...

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