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Fallon, John Invading Southern France
John T. Fallon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] landed in...
Beal, Harold Invasion of France
Harold Beal thought the English were nice people. They would travel up and down the coast to practice making landings....
Curtis, William W. Invasion of Normandy
At about nine that night, the captain told William Curtis and the rest of the crew to put their gas gear on and they...
Rhoads, Benjamin "Dusty" Invasion of Normandy
Benjamin "Dusty" Rhoads went across the channel [Annotator's Note: English Channel] on an LCI [Annotator's Note:...
Connelly, William Invasion of Normandy
Bill Connelly [Annotator's Note: with the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th...
Milkis, Abe Invasion of Normandy
Abe Milkis landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Rather than entering France as a...
Guisewite, Myron Invasion of Normandy
On D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Myron L. Guisewhite flew...
Schwartz, Bill Invasion of Normandy
Bill Schwartz was assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division as a platoon commander and sent to a...
Blatnik, Robert Invasion of Normandy and Liberation of Liege
Upon his release from the hospital [Annotator's Note: in Palermo, Sicily], rotation orders were cancelled and Robert...
Winestone, Ted Invasion of Poland
Ted Winestone was born in September 1929 in Baranowicze, Poland [Annotator's Note: now Baranovichi, Belarus]. His...
Spaetgens, William Invasion of Sicily
William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...
Halpern, Gerard Invasion of Southern France
Gerard Halpern and his fellow soldiers of the 45th Infantry Division spent the six weeks after the fall of Rome doing...
Linkous, Melvin Invasion Preparation and Anticipating Death
Melvin Linkous and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division]...
Alexander, Joseph Invited to Germany and Closing Thoughts
In 2015, Joseph Alexander was invited by the German government to help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the liberation...
Linkous, Melvin Ireland
Melvin Linkous discovered that the people of Ireland were wonderful. They were good business people. Occasionally, the...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Island Life After Pearl Harbor
Clarence Herbert Weatherwax was at home on the morning of the attack. He heard a loud explosion but did not know what...
Samet, Judah Israel, Life Lessons and Reparations
Judah Samet had a difficult time connecting with Israel as an Orthodox Jew. He was eight years old at the time he...
Samet, Judah Israeli Defense Force
Judah Samet was a willing fighter in the Israeli Defense Force. Jews have been warriors since the time of Abraham. The...
Brantley, Vernon It was a Blessing to Both Nations
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Brantley and the 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division were in Germany when the war...
Maxwell, Robert Italian Campaign and Being Wounded
Robert Maxwell was sent to western Sicily to defend an airfield along with General Patton's [Annotator's Note: US Army...
Peters, Bernard Italy
Bernard Peters still has some of the daily news sheets they put out regarding the war. They had to zig-zag [Annotator's...
Boitnott, Monty Italy
Monty Joe Boitnott loaded transports with over 250,000 prisoners. Some of the prisoners were kept in North Africa for...
Taliancich, Joseph Italy
Joseph Taliancich was attached to two divisions. He believes he was with the 3rd Infantry Division in Sicily [Annotator...
Romano, Joseph Italy
Joseph Roman was in Africa for a few months before going to Naples, Anzio, Apennines – all over [Annotators Note: Italy...
Mancuso, Frank Italy
The next morning Frank Mancuso is awoken by a lieutenant. He quickly learned that his unit had moved out of the city....
Payne, Carl Italy to War's End
Carl Payne went to Italy right after the invasion started. They landed in the Port of Rome [Annotator’s Note: Rome,...
Ito, Susumus Ito's First Shots of the Italian Campaign
[Annotator's Notes: Susumas Ito served in the Army as an instrument sergeant in the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion,...
Jones, James Jackie Robinson and Racism
The racism James B. Jones experienced was bad. He thought it was worse for northerners who went to the south. In 1935...
Shima, Terry Japanese-American Internment
Terry Shima's family was not interned during the war. There was not a mass internment in Hawaii. When President...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Japanese-American Soldiers
Vernon Tweedt does not recall where he was when a trainload of people came through the town. They were packed like...
Ito, Susumus Japanese-Americans from Hawaii
On 7 December 1941, Susumas Ito had a pass to go to town for that morning. He heard over the radio about the attack on...
Johnson, Kaare Jeep Accident in France
Kaare Allan Johnson's unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...
Sapp, Walter Jets and Nazi Women
Walter Sapp never personally saw a German tank in combat. He could hear them. At the Remagen Bridge [Annotator's Note:...
Koenigsberg, John Jewish People Identified in the Netherlands
John Koenigsberg was born in Amsterdam, Holland [Annotator’s Note: the Netherlands] in August 1937. The war started in...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Jews and Nazis
Seymour Mermelstein had no idea of how the Jews were being treated by the Nazis. He did know through relatives of his...

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