Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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Ohr, Freddie Segment 11
Freddie Ohr found out it was that bullet that ricocheted off his helmet and went into the cushion. His leader made a...
Crain, Joe Segment 11
The next morning Alex Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 11
Charles Scheffel was wounded twice in Sicily, once in the arm and a fragment in his leg. Scheffel went back to the aid...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 11
Kanaya never tried to escape until after they left camp in Poland in January of 1945. That is when opportunities came...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 11
Hairston was sent to Randolph Field in Texas to learn how to fly [Annotator’s Note: after the end of World War II]....
Baker, Vernon Segment 12
Vernon Baker looked at things differently after the war. He used to think of himself as a killer but then he started to...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 12
Freddie Ohr came running out of the wave and he did not see the boat anymore. He made two or three passes that low....
Crain, Joe Segment 12
During one of his trips back to the United States Alex Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero that had been...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 12
When they landed in England, Charles Scheffel had been shuffled around as an officer in the regiment. He was all over...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 12
They also knew through a radio set that they had that the Rhine River was under siege. They were aware that the...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 12
During the last few days of the war there was very little action. Most of the Germans were figuring out a way to...
Baker, Vernon Segment 13
[Annotator's Note: a different interviewer, Martin Morgan, now interviews Vernon Baker] Vernon Baker had a reputation...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 13
Freddie Ohr went from Corsica Italy to Medina, Italy. They flew out of there on a short steel runway. They flew all of...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 13
Charles Scheffel’s run in with Mr. Shaw [Annotators Note: George Bernard Shaw] was not included in his book Crack and...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 13
There was 1 company of tanks, 1 company of infantry and a company for support. Kanaya is not sure how they did it, but...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 13
Recently Hairston went to artillery OCS [Annotator’s Note: Officer Candidate School] to learn how today's generations...
Baker, Vernon Segment 14
At the end of the war Vernon Baker was a second lieutenant but in May of 1945 he became a first lieutenant. His...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 14
Freddie Ohr made a dozen passes over the airfield. They went up to provide cover when the top flight went down. Finally...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 14
Charles Scheffel notes that had anyone else been there they would have done the same thing. There are people fighting...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 14
They were able to keep their sanity because they knew the war was going well for them. Once the front line was going...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 14
People in combat are people in combat. Hairston does not believe in women in combat. He is the father of 4 daughters...
Baker, Vernon Segment 15
Vernon Baker got out of the army on 28 August 1968, 35 years before the interview. He was 83 years old during this...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 15
Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....
Scheffel, Charles Segment 15
Charles Scheffel located the headquarters of the 39th Infantry Regiment. He reported to the colonel who was glad to see...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 15
During that period, the Russian prisoners got along with the American prisoners. One of them made a cigarette case for...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 16
Freddie Ohr realized the weather was bad. The ground crew said no one could fly. Ohr stayed a couple of nights in Paris...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 16
Charles Scheffel laid there and must have passed out. His executive officer told him that Morotti [Annotators Note:...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 16
Kanaya had no idea if everyone made it back. They got off of the train in Chicago; there was a train from the Pacific...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 17
Freddie Ohr had a lot of things happened to him. The first guy Ohr encountered really tried to make it tough on him....
Ohr, Freddie Segment 18
Freddie Ohr thought that it was an exciting mission [Annotators Note: See Freddie Ohr Segment 17]. He thought that...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 19
Freddie Ohr learned that his uncle had flown as a top turret gunner in B-25 bombers based in Africa. Ohr did not know...
Baker, Vernon Segment 2
Vernon Baker went to Camp Wolters, Texas for basic training and experienced segregation. He got onto a bus when he...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 2
Theodore Finkbeiner shipped out of Cape Cod aboard the USS George Washington [Annotators Note: SS George Washington] in...
Phillips, Henry Segment 2
Henry Phillips' regiment went through a series of disasters during the battle. One full company was bush whacked by the...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 2
Inouye realized that there were problems in every state. Segregation in the south was a problem. He was confident that...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 2
Edward LaPorta was a member of the 1st Armored Division. The first tanks they had overseas were riveted together. They...

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