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Grabhorn, Edgar Bailing Out and Capture
Edgar A. Grabhorn's first ten missions [Annotator's Note: as a navigator with the 838th Bombardment Squadron, 487th...
Fienup, Victor Bailing Out and Captured
There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...
McDermott, James Bailing Out Over Germany
James McDermott was not in England as early as the 305th Bombardment Group was. They had sent 16 planes on the...
Gross, Herbert Bailing Out Over Indochina
On the mission to bomb Manila, Herbert Gross' B-24 Liberator [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy...
Anderson, Howard Bailing Out Over Iwo Jima
Howard Anderson soon found out General LeMay [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Forces Major General, later United States...
Cristiano, Nick Bailing Out Over Japan
Most of Nick Cristiano's bombing missions started in the evening. He would call the meal before leaving "the last...
Rans, Robert Bailing Out, Burning and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: No mention is made here of the mission being described, however, from later interviews and the...
Casillas, Joseph Baptism of Fire
Joe G. Casillas had his baptism of fire right on the escarpment [Annotator's Note: after landing on Okinawa, Japan, 10...
Peniche, Ed Bastogne
In December 1944, Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal was on R and R [Annotator's Note: rest and recuperation, or, rest...
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...
Bergbower, Harold Battle for the Philippines
Harold Bergbower was on Clark Field in the Philippines on 8 December [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941] when the...
Browning, Earl Battle of Balete Pass
Earl Dean Browning took part in three major battles [Annotator's Note: with the Anti-Tank Company, 35th Infantry...
Burg, Louis Battle of Iwo Jima
Louis Burg [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Sutcliffe, Albert Battle of Iwo Jima
On D plus 2 [Annotator's Note: two days after landing day], they [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th...
Sutcliffe, Albert Battle of Iwo Jima Landing
Albert G. Sutcliffe and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division...
DeMott, Joseph Battle of Java and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with the interviewer stating that he and Joseph DeMott have already been...
Jones, Harold Battle of Leyte
Harold Jones [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Pacific in May 1944 with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th...
DeForest, Harold Battle of Manila and Being Wounded
When they left Clark Field, Harold DeForest's Company A [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th Infantry...
Jackson, Arthur Battle of Peleliu
The Japanese had done a real job of planting all kinds of explosives [Annotator's Note: on Peleliu]. Arthur Jackson...
Darling, William Battle of Peleliu
William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] arrived at...
Sutcliffe, Albert Battle of Saipan and Being Wounded
Albert G. Sutcliffe and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division...
Carver, Jack Battle of the Bulge
Jack Carver felt that he [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] had caught the Army flatfooted. The American...
Drake, Joseph Battle of the Bulge
After Christmas [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944], Joseph J. Drake was in the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note...
Wilkes, R. "Bud" Battle of the Bulge
On 16 December 1944, the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter...
Caponigro, John Battle of the Bulge
After recovering from his wounds, John Caponigro found out that his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion...
Forcinella, Frank Battle of the Bulge
Frank Forcinella only heard about what the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
Hoff, Russell D. Battle of the Bulge
Russell Hoff and the 106th Infantry Division had been sent to the front as relief for the 2nd Infantry Division, which...
Reitman, Seymour Battle of the Bulge
On 13 December [Annotator's Note: 13 December 1944], Seymour Reitman's regiment [Annotator's Note: Reitman served as a...
Martin, Oscar Battle of the Bulge
Oscar Otto Martin remembered that during the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes...
Brantley, Vernon Battle of the Bulge
Vernon Brantley was in Aachen, Germany when the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter...
Siebert, Julian Battle of the Bulge and Being Captured
Julian Siebert and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry...
Biagioni, William Battle of the Bulge and War's End
William H. Biagioni was pulled from Holland and placed in some barracks in France. Not long after they had settled in,...
Peterson, Carl Battle of the Bulge, Returning Home, and Flashbacks
Carl Peterson went into the Battle of the Bulge near Aachen [Annotator's Note: Aachen, Germany]. He was only there...
Coleman, Harper Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
Harper Harvey Coleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division] had...
Trindal, Wesley Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
[Annotators Note: Wesley Trindal served in the US Army as a rifleman in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry...
Paret, Peter Battle Scars
As Peter Paret's battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division] moved down...

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