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Renstrom, Keith Combat on Iwo Jima, Being Evacuated, Stateside Duty and Korea
Keith Renstrom and Amagony [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling; on Iwo Jima] looked at each other and gave each other...
Kellegrew, Kent Combat on Okinawa
Kent Butzer Kellegrew [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Infantry Division] was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...
Clapper, Joe Combat on Peleliu
Joe Clapper was in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...
Darling, William Combat on Peleliu
William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Combat Operations on Mainland Italy
Theodore Finkbeiner [Annotator's Note: as a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Wilkes, R. "Bud" Combat Reflections
After finishing ASTP [Annotator's Note: Army Special Training Program], R.M. Wilkes was not sent back to the engineers...
Schwartz, Bill Combat Stories
Bill Schwartz [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division] calls his combat...
Skinner, Theodore Combat Tour in North Africa
Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. was sent overseas to Scotland and then took a train to Tidworth Barracks in Southern England....
Pigott, Terrell Combat with General Patton
Terrell Lavern Pigott reached Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France in November 1944]. He was to be attached to...
Yackel, Eugene Combat with the 103rd Infantry Division
Combat is something Eugene Yackel will never forget. They [Annotator's Note: 103rd Infantry Division] moved out in...
Gatewood, Otis Combat, Being Wounded and Captured, then Going Home
Late in the war, Otis Gatewood said, there was a lot of propaganda circulating on the front lines. Hitler [Annotator's...
Wells, Raymond Coming Home
Raymond Wells was moved to another hospital. While there his wisdom teeth were taken out and he contracted malaria...
Fogg, Floyd Coming Out Alive
The second and final time Floyd Fogg was wounded, the Marines were taking Hill 515 for the fifth time. They were...
Werner, Jack Commanders
Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died 12 April [Annotator's...
Spielberg, Arnold Communications Expert
Arnold Spielberg was not depressed or unhappy being a communications guy [Annotator's Note: in the 490th Bombardment...
Lazinger, Sol Comrades
Sol Lazinger remembers one of his officers was marked as missing in action in every official Army record. Sixty years...
Quigley, Tom Concentration Camps and Culture Shock
After the Battle of the Bulge Tom Quigley was taken out of combat and sent to a hospital due to an injury to his back...
Cross, William Concentration Camps and Occupation
William V. Cross [Annotator’s Note: with the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division] went through Dachau...
O'Brien, Ryan Crashing a B-24
Ryan O'Brien crashed on 10 December 1944. O'Brien had been sent to lead navigator school. He flew a lot in the lead...
Martin, William Crashing on Take-off
William Martin waited on a troop ship home. All of the airplanes were torn up. He flew a C-46 [Annotator's Note:...
Baughman, Harry Credit Where Due
Training in North Africa concentrated on mortar combat and night missions, according to Henry Baughman, and when the...
Alaniz, George Critically Wounded and Evacuated from Attu
George Alaniz landed on the beach at Attu. [Annotator's Note: Alaniz was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 32nd...
Cupina, John Crossing into Germany
John J. Cupina got an infected tooth and a dentist had to pull it without medication. He also had frozen feet and...
McEnery, James Crossing the Matanikau
[Annotator's Note: James McEnery served in the USMC as a rifleman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...
Moran, John "Jack" Crossing the Rhine
John Moran and the 87th Infantry Division chased the Germans after leaving Ormont, Germany and arrived in a nearby...
Day, Morris "Gene" Crossing the Rhine River
On Christmas 1944 [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1944], Morris Eugene Day was in Langendorf, Germany. His unit [...
Crane, James D-Day and Enemy Torpedo Attack
James Crane was waiting for D-Day in the war zone. They knew it was coming but did not know when. They had departed New...
Staymates, Arthur D-Day Beachhead
Arthur Staymates was too young to be frightened by the impending D-Day invasion [Annotator's Note: on 6 June 1944]....
Floravante, Emile D-Day Invasion
Alfred Anthony Alvarez ended up on a LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP; also known as...
Ammerman, Gale D-Day Landing
On 6 June 1944, Gale Ammerman flew out of Membury [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Membury, Lambourn, England] from...
Forstall, Earl D-Day, Visiting His Brother, and Going Home
Earl Forstall remembers another time a plane came back with a lot of hits. The right wing had taken a direct hit. He...
Sichler, George Dachau
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks if George Sichler saw anything while approaching the Dachau concentration camp...
Riga, Jerome "Jerry" Dangerous Missions
Jerome "Jerry" Riga was on a mission and saw a tank. As he went down to strafe it, Riga was hit by antiaircraft fire....
Baroudi, Howard DD-619 to APA-198 then Discharge
Howard Baroudi and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Edwards (DD-619)] travelled a lot and seldom reached a base for...
Aldous, Robert Deadly B-24 Problem
Robert G. Aldous and his crew were flying over Formosa [Annotator's Note: then the Republic of Formosa, present day...
Lafferty, Ralph Dealing with Death
While in a troop car going across the country, Ralph F. Lafferty shared a car with his friends Ralph and Duke. Lafferty...

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