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Wilson, James Food, History, and Race Relations
There were different concoctions in the C-rations [Annotator's Note: prepared and canned wet combat food] and K-rations...
Hatch, Norman Footage from Tarawa
Norman Hatch filmed the battle on Tarawa with black and white 35mm film, but most of the rest of his photographers shot...
Guidone, Frank Football and navy law
[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When...
Knudsen, Elmer Fort Driant
Elmer Knudsen's first combat was at Fort Driant, about a week after he got off the boat in France. It took him about a...
Hall, William Fortunes of War
William Hall had bad things happen to him but he never turned religious until he was in Vietnam. At that point in his...
Lightell, Harold Forward Observer
Harold Lightell entered France right after the D-Day invasion with the 79th Infantry Division. The 79th was under...
Peto, George Four Battles Without Being Wounded
Lieutenant Hagerty was promoted as a liaison officer for the 1st Marine Division and coordinated all of the regiments...
Peto, George Four Campaigns in 32 Months
George Peto served in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He spent 32 months overseas and...
Lesniewski, Joseph Four Feet of Snow
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...
Dickinson, Robert Fourth and Final Run, Court-Martial and Reassignment
Robert Dickinson's fourth patrol [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Queenfish (SS-393)] included the sad story of the...
Carver, Jack France
Jack Carver arrived at Utah Beach about six weeks after D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day was the Allied invasion of...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour France and Belgium
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld had a horrible experience in the English Channel. He, along with many other troops, got very...
Squire, Vernon France to Holland
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Squire was in the 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 29th Infantry Division and helped take the...
Puissegur, Baptiste France, Holland and Belgium
Baptiste Puissegur reached Cherbourg, France and spent two or three months there. Additional training was provided to...
Dyson, Freeman Frank Thompson
Freeman Dyson attended school with Frank Thompson and admired him greatly. He was an older boy with a grand sense of...
Forcinella, Frank Frankfurt, Germany
Frank Forcinella crossed into Germany [Annotator's Note: in early February 1945] and came upon the Siegfried Line [...
Kiplinger, Austin Friendly Fire
Austin H. Kiplinger experienced friendly fire in the Fall of 1944 [Annotator's Note: as a pilot with Composite...
Billingsley, James Friendly Fire and Decorated by General Stilwell
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence in a new story.] Billingsley says that after the...
Orlando, Joseph Friends and Enemies
Joseph Orlando had two men in his squad who had been on Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Battle of Guadalcanal; Operation...
Medway, Irwin Friends and Tanks
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and talks about the men...
Howard, William From Anzio to Rome
William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...
Carter, Donald From Cherbourg to Paris
On the twelfth day of combat, Don Carter's squad [Annotator's Note: in Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th...
Leopold, Vernon From England to Belgium
Vernon Leopold was trained as a radio operator at Camp Wolters, Texas then went into the ASTP, Army Specialized...
Rockforte, Joseph From England to France
It was Holy Week when Joseph Rockforte got there [Annotator's Note: to England] but he did not know it. When he went to...
Knudsen, Elmer From Fort Driant to Saarlautern
Elmer Knudsen's unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Laborde, John From Fort Ord to the Philippines
John Laborde traveled by train from Fort Benning, Georgia to Fort Ord in Monterey, California via New Orleans,...
DeForest, Harold From Guadalcanal to Bougainville
Harold DeForest landed in New Caledonia and was sent to a replacement center. There, he and another guy volunteered to...
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....
Wichterich, George From Normandy to the Bulge
[Annotators Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking George Wichterich about the hedgerow fighting in...
Morris, Joe From Okinawa to China
Joe Morris and his unit [Annotator's Note: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were part of the...
Hull, Lester From Oran to Anzio
Lester Hull and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 976th Field Artillery Battalion] spent several months in North...
Kopp, Alois From Prewar Sailor to a Prisoner of War
Alois Kopp enlisted in the Navy in September 1937 despite the fact he could not swim. He learned fast. He volunteered...
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...
Beeghly, Donald From the Bulge to the Remagen Bridge
When Donald Beeghly’s unit [Annotator's Note: the 142nd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (mobile)] arrived in...
Ito, Susumus From the French Riviera to Bavaria
After the mission of the Lost Battalion, Susumas Ito was sent back to the French Riviera for several months. [Annotator...
VanDuzer, Raymond From the Hurtgen Forest to Germany
Raymond VanDuzer then went to the Hurtgen Forest. VanDuzer really had a lot of wounded there. VanDuzer never thought he...

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