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Tipper, Edward Early Life
Edward Tipper was a member of a military group that received a tremendous amount of recognition. He was 18 or 19 when...
Jindra, Leonard Early Life
Leonard Jindra was born near Prague, Czechoslovakia in June 1921. He had two brothers and an adopted sister. He was...
Lombardo, Samuel Early LIfe
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Lombardo was born in Calabria in Southern Italy in 1919. He grew up there until the age of...
Azemar, Gerard Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Gerard L. Azemar was born in Thibodeaux, Louisiana in August 1923. He grew up there. It was a small town where everyone...
Fulco, Joseph Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Joseph P. Fulco was born in December 1925, in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father ran a...
Johnsen, Erik Early Life and Enlistment
Erik Frithjof Johnsen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in August 1925 and had one brother who had been born in 1922....
Pedersen, Allen Early Life and Entry into the Military
Allen Pedersen was born in Valley City, North Dakota in May 1916. His grandfather immigrated from Denmark. He grew up...
Radford, Charles Early Life and Fighting in North Africa
Early life for Charles Radford was tough because of the Great Depression. He grew up in a family of eight including his...
Maxwell, Robert Early Life and Mediterranean Combat
Robert D. Maxwell was born in October 1920 in western Kansas. With the winds blowing the land away, the family headed...
Polito, Felix Early Life and Military Service Overview
Felix J. Polito was born in Franklin, Louisiana in 1922. He lived there until he was 19 years old. In January 1942, he...
Stein, Murray Early Life and Military Training
Murray Stein was born on 23 September 1925 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He played football and graduated from...
Ford, John Early Life and Military Training
John Holton Ford was born in October 1921 in Hamilton, Ohio. He was also raised there. After the war, the family moved...
Bianconi, Anthony Early Life and Navy Entry
Anthony Bianconi was born in September 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. When he was quite young, his family moved to Mount...
Smith, Perry Early Life and Pearl Harbor
Perry Smith was born at West Point, New York in 1934 while his father was serving as an instructor at the US Military...
Moran, John "Jack" Early Life to Tiger Tanks
John Moran was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He had a great youth and enlisted in the Army at 17. He was then sent to...
Hochadel, Joseph Early Life, Being Drafted, Medic Training and Overseas Deployment
Joseph Hochadel served in the 34th Infantry Division, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion as a combat medic. He was...
DeMott, Joseph Early War Duty in the Pacific
When the war started, Joseph DeMott was still working as a radio operator. His group was scheduled to take off for...
Billingsley, James Earning a Silver Star
[Annotator's Note: There is a tape break and this clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence. There are some cuts...
Mero, Robert Earning the Bronze Star
In February 1945, Robert Mero volunteered for another patrol that involved an assault group and a support group. He...
Smith, John Earning the Bronze Star Medal
Fighting in the Leyte Valley area lasted for two brutal months, and John Smith related the tale of the event that...
Wofford, Jesse L. Earning the Distinguished Flying Cross
On a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany on 3 February 1945, Jesse Wofford's aircraft was badly damaged by German flak...
Chauvin, Ernest Easy Day; Hard Day
Ernest Chauvin and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 272nd Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry...
Angst, Lawrence Effects of Injuies and Treating German Civilians
Lawrence Angst never became a doctor because he could not. He came back and recovered from his injuries, but he could...
Freeman, Bradford Eindhoven to Arnhem
They [Annotator's Note: Bradford Clark Freeman and his fellow paratroopers in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...
Lesniewski, Joseph Eindhoven, Holland
Joseph Lesniewski did not run into any resistance landing in Holland [Annotator's Note: during Operation Market Garden...
Smith, William J. Element of Surprise
[Annotator's Note: William Smith was flying out of Charters Towers, Australia]. They were shipped from Port Moresby to...
Marr, John W Eliminating a Machine Gun Position
During the assault on Manoir La Fiere [Annotators Note: La Fiere Manor] on D Day, Lieutenant John Marr led his advanced...
Walter, Robert Elsenborn Ridge
[Annotators Note: Robert Walter was a platoon sergeant in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th...
Linkous, Melvin Elsenborn Ridge
Melvin Linkous and his company [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division] were...
Johnson, John Encounter with the Enemy and Damage Repair
At Ormoc Bay, John E. Johnson drove his LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel also referred to as...
Leefe, Guy Encountering Enemy Aircraft
As they advanced from Aachen to the Rhine River, Guy Leefe, Jr. and his fellow pilots would conduct regular patrols. On...
Willette, Edward Encountering the Enemy
Edward G. Willette and his division [Annotator's Note: Willette was a mortarman in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 413th...
Breard, Reneau End of the Bulge
Reneau Breard and his unit [Annotator’s Note: with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] were...
Jones, James End of the War
After his Christmas day [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] fight, James Jones went on to Bastogne [Annotator's Note:...
Knudsen, Elmer End of the War
After the Battle of the Bulge, Elmer Knudsen was deployed close to the Rhine River and was billeted in a private...
Frongello, Arthur End of the War
In April 1945, President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States]...

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