European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Chandler, Howard Buchenwald, Theresienstadt and Liberation
Howard Chandler was marched out of Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp...
Buckner, Jack Buckner's Last Mission
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks about Jack Buckner's last mission as a bombardier.] They would wake up around...
Duncan, Reginald Bugle Man
Reginald Duncan was born in February 1922 in Newark, New Jersey. He grew up in Kearny, New Jersey with his parents and...
Baranek, Martin Building a Life
Martin Baranek saved his money and bought a grocery store and slowly learned the business. He met and married the...
Little, Henry Building Ships
Henry Little went to work at a shipyard after returning from the Korean war [Annotator's Note: in 1953]. He worked...
Shook, Hal Building the 404th Fighter Group
Air-to-air [Annotator's Note: air-to-air combat] was Harold Shook's thing; he loved to dogfight and volunteered for...
Price, John Bulge to Discharge
[Annotator’s Note: John H. Price, Jr. commanded a tank destroyer in Company B, 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion...
Deiglmayr, Erna Buzz Bombs
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Erna Deiglmayr what it felt like to be free again.] The bombing did not stop....
Abate, Sam Buzz Bombs and Spitfires
The Belgian and Dutch civilians were nice people. Sam V. Abate felt like he was at home. Belgium was alright but it was...
Paynter, Don Buzz Bombs and V2s
Donald Dean Paynter went to Rosecrans Field [Annotator's Note: also called St. Joseph Army Airfield, near St. Joseph,...
Smith, Samuel Cadet College
Samuel W. Smith was sent to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. They had to have college training. They were the...
Sharp, Chester Cadet in Training
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp was born in March 1925 in...
Butcher, Chester Cajun Life to West Point Life
Chester J. Butcher was born in Pinhook, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: an area in Lafayette, Louisiana] in December 1922...
Whitman, Philip Camaraderie Among Pilots
Philip Whitman flew a mission to Blechhammer, Germany and they hit bad weather. They got into the clear and a pilot...
Brantley, Vernon Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky and Duties in Combat
Vernon Brantley was at Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort Polk, Vernon Parish, Louisiana] for maneuvers...
Fitts, Charles Camp Guards
To Charles Fitts, Jr., actual combat was not at all similar to their training. In combat, Fitts and his section did not...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Camp Kilmer
At Sioux City, the ground crew was completing their training and going on last leaves. One day, the first sergeant...
McCarthy, George Camp Life as a Prisoner
After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...
Sacks, John Camp Lucky Strike
They [Annotator's Note: John Sacks and his fellow newly liberated prisoners from Stalag Luft I] were flown to an...
Wilkins, Byron Camp Maxey
Byron Othello Wilkins arrived back at Camp Maxey in Texas and saw a group of LSU men at the camp with a band to play...
Bueker, Robert Camp News and Liberation
Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] and the men in the camp...
Alspaugh, James Camp Swift to Convoy Overseas
James Alspaugh joined the 102nd Infantry Division at Camp Swift [Annotator's Note: in Bastrop County, Texas] in 1944....
Quigley, Tom Camp Van Dorn
Tom Quigley recounts how he was in church when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place and did not even know about the...
Sussman, Marvin Campaign through France
Marvin Sussman's first combat experience took place in the village of Rocheville [Annotator's Note: Rocheville, France...
Payne, Robert Camps and Paris
Robert Payne went to one concentration camp and it was as has been described. He never saw any Americans who had been...
Chandler, Howard Canada
After two years in England and periodically being required to report to the police as a refugee, Howard Chandler heard...
Gustafson, Gerald Cannon Company and Discrimination
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Gerald “Gerry”...
Hirschmann, Peter Captivity
Peter Hirschmann [Annotator's Note: a member of Company F, 2nd battalion, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry...
Whitcomb, Robert Captivity and Liberation
Robert Whitcomb was put in a compound with Polish prisoners who had been there for six years [Annotator's Note: at...
Sgobbo, Dominick Captivity and Liberation
Dominick Sgobbo remembered taking prisoners back to headquarters and having to prevent non-combatants from mistreating...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" Captivity, Freedom, and Reflections
As Donelson Houseman was marched off to captivity, he passed long lines of German vehicles. He could not believe it. He...
Max, Robert Capture
Robert Max vividly remembered 16 December 1944, day one of the Battle of the Bulge, as the Germans' final major effort...
Sacks, John Capture and Interrogation
After surrendering to the German soldier [Annotator's Note: see segment titled Shot Down Over Ludwigshafen], John Sacks...
Flannigan, James Capture of St. Lo and the Liberation of Paris
For days, James Flannigan recalls, the word was that they had to get to Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lo, France]....
Dolsen, Frank Captured
Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] bailed out...

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