Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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König, Karl American Prison Camps to Home
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] does not remember much about arriving in Norfolk [...
Jagers, Robert Anzio
At the time of Robert Jagers' landing [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS LST-351] at Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Johnson, Alfred Anzio
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. was loaded into a ship at Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy] before the invasion at Anzio...
Duffy, Donald Anzio
Donald Louis Duffy was not assigned to a unit until he was overseas and sent to the front line in Italy. There, he was...
Barfoot, Van Anzio and Getting the Medal of Honor
Van Barfoot and the 45th Infantry Division went on up into the mountains around 2 January 1944. They moved out of the...
Della Vedova, Dominic Anzio and Onward
Dominic Della Vedova’s unit [Annotator’s Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry...
Ledford, Robert Anzio Beachhead
During the Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio; 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944; Anzio, Italy] breakout, Robert...
Smith, Clifford Anzio to Rome
Clifford Smith was at home reading a comic book and listening to the radio on 7 December 1941 when the news of the...
Hochadel, Joseph Anzio, Being Wounded and Being Evacuated to Naples
Joseph Hochadel landed in the second wave at Anzio and they unpacked their aid station into a jeep. They commandeered...
Jagers, Robert Approaching Sicily
In the middle of June [Annotator's Note: June 1943], Robert Jagers and the other crewman [Annotator's Note: aboard the...
Thompson, Thomas Arabs, Germans, and Japanese
There were two things about a boat of the type [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat, or PT-Boat] that Thomas D....
Castaing, Albert Army Air Corps Training
[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling in the background throughout this segment.] Albert Castaing was in New...
Baldori, Robert Army Band
John Baldori in Newburg, Pennsylvania in February 1920. He grew up with four older sisters and two younger brothers....
Skinner, Theodore Army Life
Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. was born in May 1921 in the Bronx, New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. After...
Barton, Walter Arriving in Italy
In May 1944, Walter Henry Barton's regiment [Annotator's Note: Barton was a member of Cannon Company, 361st Infantry...
Vaughn, Odell Artillery Training and Overseas Deployment
Odell Vaughn fought through North Africa and Italy with the 178th Field Artillery Battalion. He was promoted to the...
Compton, Bryan Assault Into Germany
Bryan Compton and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 120th Medical Battalion, 45th Infantry Division] attacked the...
Hochadel, Joseph Assault Toward Monte Cassino
Joseph Hochadel and his squad started down the road and a German tank began to shell them. It was traumatic and they...
Ngai, Johnny Avoiding Death
Johnny Ngai was almost killed three times. He was lucky. He was with a guy from Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago,...
Skinner, Theodore Awards and Reflections
Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. received the Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the fourth-highest award a United States service...
Cauble, Raymond B-24s to Africa
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Cauble flew Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers out of Tampa, Florida.]. Before you could...
Shaw, Roger Back Aboard the SS George Gayle
Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...
Raner, Norman Back in the United States
Norman Raner went home for 30 days and then was transferred down to Hot Springs, Arkansas for R...
McCowen, William Bad Nazis
William McCowen thinks it is important to have the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...
Oakes, Robert Bailing Out and Captured by the Enemy
Robert Tyler Oakes was a radio operator [Annotator's Note: on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in the 340th...
Sved, Edwin Base Conditions and War's End
Life on base was "awful" according to Edwin Sved. The men lived in tents set up in the mud and took cold showers, but...
Yoshihashi, Tokuji Basic Training at Camp Blanding
Tokuji Yoshihashi was drafted and went to Camp Blanding, Florida for 17 weeks of basic training. He was trained on...
McCowen, William Basic Training to Naples, Italy
William McCowen should never have gotten in the military in the first place. He had trick knees. He played a lot of...
Duffy, Gowan Bastogne
Gowan Duffy had a bazooka [Annotator's Note: man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon] up on the hill....
Smith, William S. Battle at Kasserine Pass
Rommel [Annotator's Note: German Army Generalfeldmarschall, or Field Marshal, Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel] was sending...
Osgood, Edgar Battle Fatigue to War's End
Edgar De Pue Osgood spent some time on liberty [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time]...
Simons, F.M. Battle for Mount Belvedere
F.M. Richard Simons did not smoke and gave his daily cigarettes away. So many people in World War 2 were given free...
Compagno, Nicholas Battle of Anzio
Nicholas John Compagno and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat...
Martello, Dominic Battle of Kasserine Pass and Flash Backs
Dominic Martello had to carry a wounded German soldier after he was captured. He had been shot. Martello fell down...

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