European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Paynter, Don Learning to Smoke
Donald Dean Paynter came back, finished school with an engineering degree, and went to work for Shell Oil Company. He...
Paynter, Don Leave and Marriage
Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...
Samuelson, Daniel Leave in Cuba
Daniel Samuelson was a gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. He loved the plane, but it had nothing for...
Reitman, Seymour Leave in England
Seymour Reitman got an open furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] to England....
Lesniewski, Joseph Leave in England
Joseph Lesniewski liked his M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. It...
Franzky, Gerhard Leave in Leipzig
[Annotator's Note: Gerhard Franzky served in the Waffen SS as a communications officer in Headquarters, 22nd Regiment,...
McGlaun, DeQuindre Leave in London
DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] got...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Leave in Paris
Leslie Freeman was not involved in his Division's [Annotator's Note: Freeman was a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd...
Baranek, Martin Leaving a Legacy
It wasn't easy for Martin Baranek to fit into society after the war because his formative years were bereft of...
Zuras, Nicholas Leaving and Returning to the Invasion Site
Nicholas J. Zuras headed back out to sea [Annotator's Note: after firing all of the rockets on his rocket boat at Omaha...
Rothenberg, Judith Leaving Belgium
Judith Rothenberg's [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child at the time of the war] recalls her father left them [...
Nesser, William Leaving the Merchant Marine
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Nesser about why he was not part of the Murmansk run PQ-17, an Atlantic...
Franzky, Gerhard Leipzig
Gerhard Franzky remembers Leipzig before the war as being a very historical city with very old opera houses and...
Cowan, John Lessons and Family
A lot of people learned a lot of important lessons from World War 2. If we did not think about it, analyze it, and...
Marr, John W Lessons from La Fiere
For John Marr it is paramount to relentlessly train military leadership based on the lessons learned from failed...
Trindal, Wesley Lessons of the Hurtgen Forest
Wesley Trindal had dreams about the war. He would dream that he was in it again and would keep the barracks awake while...
Marr, John W Levy's Outpost
After Lieutenant John Marr and the rest of Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment crossed the La Fiere causeway,...
Cassady, William Leyte
William Cassady [Annotator’s Note: serving aboard the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] remembers the ship behind them...
Grass, Philip Leyte
Philip Grass recalls that five companies did most of the work in New Guinea. They helped unload the ships. In August or...
Richard, Martin Liberated and Going Home
Red Cross packages would come once every few weeks. Even though Martin Richard smoked, he saved his cigarettes. He...
Perdue, Cawthon "C.B. Perdue" Liberated and Postwar
Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany after he bailed out of his plane [...
Dahme, Maud Liberated and Reunited
[Annotator's Note: Maud Dahme and her sister were hiding from the Nazis with a Christian family in Elburg, Netherlands...
McDermott, James Liberated at Moosburg
James McDermott was in Moosburg [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] when it was liberated on 29 April...
Fienup, Victor Liberated at Moosburg
Moosburg [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII, in Moosburg, Germany] was a consolidation of prisoners from all over. When...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Liberated by Americans
Ivan Bodis-Wollner was put on trains and taken from Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp...
Vaadi, Eugene Liberated by Patton
On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany and taken prisoner. On 4 April 1945,...
Bosworth, Paul Liberated by Patton and Flown to Camp Lucky Strike
One morning around 1 May 1945, Paul Bosworth woke up to the smell of coffee which was unusual. He woke up Byron [...
Galbraith, Wendell Liberated by Russians
On 9 April [Annotator's Note: 9 April 1945], Russian shock troops burst into the hospital where Wendell Galbraith was a...
Sacks, John Liberated by the Russians
During the day on 30 April 1945, they [Annotator's Note: John Sacks and his fellow prisoners in Stalag Luft I] were...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Liberated by the Swedish Red Cross
Itka Zygmuntowicz stayed in Auschwitz until 18 January 1945 when she and the other inmates were marched out of the camp...
Bielec, William Liberating a Concentration Camp
Towards the end of the war, Germans were surrendering by the thousands to William F. Bielec and his unit [Annotator's...
Waldeck, Frank Liberating a Concentration Camp
Frank J. Waldeck [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division]...
Watson, Donald Liberating a Concentration Camp
While in Regensburg [Annotator's Note: Regensburg, Germany], Donald G. Watson recalled losing another friend from...
Bauer, Wynn Liberating American Prisoners
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Liberating Belgium and Luxembourg
Leslie Freeman's first close contact with the enemy was after crossing France and Belgium and going into the Hurtgen...
Stell, Cleston Liberating Concentration Camps
Cleston Stell saw that Germans had mixed feelings toward to the advancing Americans. The 80th Infantry Division took...

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