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Morgan, George Being Wounded
George Morgan told his parents about his wartime experiences. He told them about being wounded in the invasion of...
Garbo, William Being Wounded
After a narrow escape from a deadly Japanese ambush, and a tragic friendly fire casualty that night, William Garbo and...
Spera, George Being Wounded
George Spera's first wound in combat was a small injury to his left hand in November [Annotator's Note: November 1944...
Yatsu, Lawrence Being Wounded
Lawrence Yatsu went to Naples then continued on to Milan. Yatsu does not recall much of his first night in combat. The...
Caponigro, John Being Wounded
During the second day of combat, John Caponigro went into the same area [Annotator's Note: near Saarbrucken]. This time...
Cowart, Thomas Being Wounded
Thomas Cowart entered France as a replacement [Annotator's Note: for the 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry...
Lazinger, Sol Being Wounded
On 2 October 1944, Sol Lazinger was looking for soldiers in his squad after a battle. He crossed the Wurm River [...
Langrehr, Henry Being Wounded and Captured
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Henry Langrehr to tell him about 29 June 1944.] They were assaulting a series...
Vaughn, Odell Being Wounded and Evacuated
Odell Vaughn was wounded near Pisa, Italy. He went to assist a wounded man in a minefield. Four men near him...
Goodrich, James Being Wounded and Evacuated
[Annotator's Note: James Goodrich served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gun section leader in the 27th Marine...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Being Wounded and Hospitalized
John Witmeyer was first wounded in early July of 1944, just a month after the invasion of Normandy began. He went out...
Brantley, Vernon Being Wounded and Missing in Action
Vernon Brantley got a call that a German tank had been bypassed. He took a crew of four and some anti-tank mines and...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Being Wounded and Scavenging From the Dead
Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...
Stewart, Frank Being Wounded During the Battle of the Tenaru River
When Frank Stewart's group arrived at the Tenaru River [Annotator's Note: actually, the Ilu River, on 21 August 1942]...
Baumgarten, Harold Being Wounded Five Times and Losing His Best Friend
Harold Baumgarten continues talking about his experience when he reached Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, 6...
Kelso, Robert Being wounded near the end of the war
Robert Kelso's unit had pulled up near a railroad track and dug in. He had heard that some of the guys went to a...
Hyland, Everett Below Decks During the Pearl Harbor Attack
In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...
Maxwell, Robert Besançon, France
Robert Maxwell was laying communications wiring on the left side of a road at Besançon, France when he discovered that...
Raaen, John Beyond the Normandy Beach
John Raaen and his company [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 5th Ranger Battalion] had a mission to proceed to...
Jackson, William Biak and Island Hopping
William Jackson joined the 55th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375th Troop Carrier Group at Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak,...
Daquarna, Joseph Bikini Atoll Atomic Bomb Tests
Joseph Daquarna and the USS Fulton (AS-11) went to Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands to participate in the atomic...
Schicker, Tom Birthday at Ulithi and then Okinawa
Thomas Francis Schicker had his 19th birthday at Ulithi. He became friends with Leo Schmidtkin [Annotator's Note:...
Gustafson, Gerald Black Feet and the Maginot Line
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment. Interviewee has...
Hill, James Black Sheep Squadron
James J. Hill had Pappy Boyington [Annotator's Note: later US Marine Corps Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington] as his...
Peto, George Bloody Nose Ridge
When Company I came to the relief of a decimated Company K, George Peto, who served as a forward mortar observer,...
Baumgarten, Harold Bloody Omaha
Harold Baumgarten continues his description of American firepower [Annotator's Note: during the D-Day invasion of...
Guidone, Frank Bloody Ridge
[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When they...
Blakey, Thomas BMW Motorcycles and Tabasco Sauce
Thomas J. Blakey was going up a road one day and heard a motorcycle. He went to the side of the road, saw it was a...
Durocher, Edmund Bombarded by Japanese Battleships
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Bombardment of Iwo Jima and Feelings Toward the Japanese Soldiers
Landing on Iwo Jima was not much different to Michael Mervosh and his men than some of their other amphibious landings...
Goldberg, Edwin Bomber Co-Pilot
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg reached a...
Dyson, Freeman Bomber Command Bureaucracy
Freeman Dyson's friend Michael Laughlin [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling] had been his roommate prior to going...
Brueland, Lowell Bomber Escort Missions
During one mission when Lowell Brueland escorted allied bombers over Berlin, a flight of eight JU-88s [Annotator’s Note...
Knutson, Caroll Bombing Hanover and Bailing Out
Carroll Knutson and his crew were leading the high squadron of a three squadron bombing group. Their target was a...
Stovroff, Irwin Bombing Missions
Irwin Stovroff was based in Shipdham Airfield outside of Norwich, England. Norwich was the central point for many of...
Goldberg, Edwin Bombing Missions
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg’s first...

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