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Matsumoto, Roy Following Nhpum Ga
Roy H. Matsumoto and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Blue Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional...
Osborne, Loraine Ford Motor Company
Loraine Osborne was 16 years old when she moved. [Annotator’s Note: Osborne moved to Detroit, Michigan]. She worked at...
Mancuso, Frank France and Returning Home
Frank Mancuso next went to Bessence [Annotators Note: unsure of spelling], France where his commanding officer gave him...
Van der Pool, Ivan Friendships
There was a barber in Ivan Van der Pool's company [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment,...
Tallon, Donald From Africa to Liberating Rome
After basic training, Don Tallon left Virginia for Africa. The journey took 21 days in a convoy. They had rough weather...
Stokes, Howard From Early Life to Tropical Life
Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...
Jameson, Andrew From Hospital to Russians to Home
When one is wounded in the field, it is impossible to get out until nightfall. Andrew George Jameson [Annotator's Note...
Barnes, Walter From New Orleans to Anzio
Walter Barnes was born in New Orleans and grew up on Webster Street in the Uptown neighborhood. Life was good for him....
Jackson, Arthur From Peleliu to Okinawa
Arthur Jackson had his squad leader bring up some explosives and ammo but he was alone for the most part [Annotator's...
Mills, George From Soldier to Prisoner in Europe
After liberating Paris France, George F. Mills [Annotator's Note: with the Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th infantry...
Ngai, Johnny From Southern France to Germany
Johnny Ngai did not do any special training for the landing in Southern France. They were physically fit. He only had...
Coleman, Harper From the Hedgerows to the Siegfried Line
[Annotator's Note: There is a tape break, and the clip starts with Harper Harvey Coleman mid-sentence.] An 88 [...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." Further Combat on Okinawa and Getting Wounded
Some days after eliminating the machine gun position, Romus Burgin and his fellow Marines faced another machine gun...
Cupina, John German Artillery in the Ardennes Forest
John J. Cupina recalled the horrible cold weather and muddy terrain when all of a sudden a machine gun opened fired on...
Evans, Donald German Care to American Hospital
A German medic came in who spoke English to Donald Evans [Annotator's Note: after being wounded and captured when his...
Roderick, David German Fortifications and the Hurtgen Forest
David Roderick saw German fortifications that were made to look like homes or barns and one town was only made of...
Sichler, George German Weapons
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Sichler about different German weapons used against him.] Every night...
Friedenberg, Bernard Germany
Bernard Friedenberg fought at Aachen, Germany on the Siegfried Line. He was doing the same thing over and over again...
Lazinger, Sol Germany
Sol Lazinger and his comrades took turns going on patrols. Occasionally people would disappear in the night. While...
Smith, Rothacker Getting Hit
Rothacker Smith entered Sommocolonia on 1 December [Annotator's Note: 1 December 1944] and his last day there was 28...
Farley, Daniel Getting Rest, Replacements, and Shot
[Annotator's Note: Daniel Farley served in the Army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] The German rifle...
Goodrich, James Going Home, Stateside Duty and Discharge
James Goodrich was taken from Iwo Jima to a hospital on Guam. He was on Guam for about 12 or 13 days before being...
Scales, James Going to Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales was a battalion commander [Annotator's Note: of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Lansford, William Goofy Things in Combat, Being Wounded and Occupation Duty
To William Lansford, all campaigns had goofy things happen. The first time he went out by himself he had been warned of...
Poulson, Ernest Grave Mission in Romania
When Ernest L. Poulson and his unit [Annotator's Note: 567th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air...
Goyette, Donald Ground Attacks on Saipan
At the end of the war, Donald F. Goyette says, the United States could put 130 B-29s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29...
Keller, Richard Guadalcanal
Richard Keller's outfit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] went back to...
Ammerman, Gale Guarding Prisoners on D-Day
In Normandy on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Gale Ammerman left his...
Langrehr, Henry Guns Jamming and Reaching His Limit
Henry Langrehr had times his guns jammed and by the grace of God, he never got shot. The Thompsons [Annotator's Note: ....
Lopez, Alex Haguenau Forest and Crossing the Rhine
Going through the Haguenau Forest, Alex Lopez observed the area was torn up and mostly gone. He participated in a mop-...
Warne, Therese Happy Life Blues
Therese Wadsworth Warne's [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2]...
König, Karl Hard Fight then Captured
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Panzer-Regiment 5,...
Winestone, Ted Hardships with Partisans
Ted Winestone moved to another encampment because he felt like he was not hidden well enough [Annotator's Note: after...
Dillon, Gerard Heading to the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was wounded in France.] Dillon was in the hospital from June to September [Annotator's...
Losada, Vincent Healing from Being Wounded
Vincent Losada woke up in the hospital and even though he was wounded, he considered himself lucky. He was put in a...
Trahan, Clifton Healing, War's End and Going Home
Clifton Trahan was hospitalized in Africa after being burned in a submarine attack while serving aboard the merchant...

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