Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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Neyland, Leedell Service Discharge
Leedell Neyland got the Legion of Honor Medal [Annotator’s Note: The Legion of Honor is the highest French order of...
Skinner, Theodore Service Stateside and Postwar
After Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. was released from the hospital in the United States, he was assigned to the 78th...
Baughman, Harry Serving Alongside Allied Troops
Harry Baughman describes his experiences with the foreign troops that served with the Americans in Italy. In the Monte...
Barnes, Walter Shelled for the First Time
Walter Barnes suffered from ADD [Annotators Note: Attention Deficit Disorder] but the war did not affect it. One time...
Lalande, Edward Shipped to Africa and Kasserine Pass
[Annotator's Note: Lalande takes very long pauses before answering many of the questions he is asked.] Edward Lalande...
Heany, Mary Shipped to Casablanca
Mary T. Heany was excited to be sent to Nashville [Annotator’s Note: Nashville, Tennessee]. She was asked to go on a...
Banghart, William Shipped to North Africa
William Banghart was in the 71st Ghost Artillery and sent to Washington, D.C. as an anti-aircraft unit. They went to a...
Leonard, Edward Shipped to North Africa
Edward J. Leonard remembers they lost the horses and got armored cars and tanks in their place. They were shipped out...
Fili, William Shot Down and Captured
The target that day [Annotator's Note: 24 April 1944, the day William Fili was shot down] was Ploesti [Annotator's Note...
Kirk, James Shot Down over Hungary
James Read Kirk bombed France [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air...
Peterson, Carl Sicily
[Annotator's Note: Carl Peterson served in the Army as a mortar man in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment...
Ngai, Johnny Sicily and Italy
When Johnny Ngai was fighting in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy], there were so many soldiers coming over, he...
Compagno, Nicholas Sicily and Italy Campaigns
Nicholas John Compagno first came under fire while in North Africa and then in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy...
LaRose, Bruce Sicily and Normandy
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, veteran of the North...
Maymon, Paul Sicily Campaign
After the Battle of El Guettar [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of El Guettar, 23 March to 7 April 1943; El Guettar,...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Sicily through Normandy
After arriving in Casablanca in May of 1943, Clinton Riddle and the men of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment set up a...
Compton, Bryan Sicily to Anzio
For two or three days, the Germans would stop, shoot at the American troops and then run [Annotator's Note: during the...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Sicily to India
Lloyd Rogers was on the eastern coast of Sicily [Annotator’s Note: Sicily, Italy]. From there they bombed Italy. Then...
Lafferty, Ralph Silver Star Action
Ralph F. Lafferty took over a company that had been pinned down. The original officer had been wounded in the face and...
LaPorta, Edward Slave Labor and Sabotage in Reggio di Calabria
Edward LaPorta was placed in a camp near Reggio [Annotator's Note: a camp near Reggio di Calabria, Italy after being...
Finklang, Frank Solving the Mystery of a Missing Friend
[Annotator's Note: Frank Finklang served with the 419th Bombardment Squadron, 301st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force...
Howard, William Sophia Loren-ville and Landing at Anzio
[Annotator's Note: William Edwin Howard was a replacement infantryman in the 2nd Battalion, 6th Armored Infantry...
Johnson, Alfred Southern France
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. landed in Sainte-Maxime [Annotator's Note: Saint-Maxime, France], Southern France and traveled...
Compagno, Nicholas Southern France
Nicholas John Compagno and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat...
Field, Richard Southern France
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Sichler, George Southern France
Southern France [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944] was the easiest...
Coolidge, Charles Southern France and Combat Exhaustion
When Charles Coolidge landed in Southern France there was little opposition after the major shelling the Germans took...
Thompson, Thomas Southern France to the Pacific
During the invasion of Southern France [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944...
Hajiro, Barney Southern France, Suicide Hill, and Being Wounded
Many of Barney Hajiro's friends died or were wounded in the Vosges Mountains of France. It was sad. The 36th Division...
Ngai, Johnny Souvenirs and Recovering the Dead
It was a lot colder in Germany than France for Johnny Ngai. They went in August [Annotator's Note: to France in August...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Spending Christmas at War
Clinton Riddle spent three Christmases away from home due to his service in the Second World War. He spent his first...
Doundoulakis, Helias Spy School
In the Fall of 1943, Helias Doundoulakis and his brother, George became prospective agents [Annotator's Note: with...
Shaw, Roger SS George Gayle
Roger Shaw was assigned to the SS George Gayle on the Industrial Canal while it was still being completed by the...
Brown, Roscoe Staff Duties, Gun Camera Footage, Ben Davis and the P-51 Mustang
The first plane Dr. Roscoe Brown shot down was a Me-262 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...

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