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Sonnier, Lorcey Life in the Field
Lorcey J. Sonnier mostly bombed oil depots, factories, plane factories, ball bearing factories and bridges. This helped...
Anderson, Howard Life in the Field
The base's runway had been lengthened by the locals. It was not quite long enough, but was adequate. Howard Anderson...
Fulco, Joseph Life in the Field
The first time Joseph P. Fulco went into combat, he did not know what to expect. When in combat, he immediately hit the...
Floravante, Emile Life in the Field
Alfred Anthony Alvarez was in Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: with the 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry...
Moxon, Milton Life in the Field
For Milton Moxon and the 94th Infantry Division, weather and terrain conditions were horrible on the front. Some men...
McGee, Joseph Life in the Pacific and Combat Missions
Joseph F. McGee Junior flew 97 missions in World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th...
Collie, C. Life on a Destroyer
C. Charles Collie found that he was right where he wanted to be while on his destroyer [Annotator's Note: he was the...
Amico, Thomas Life on a PT Boat
Thomas Amico was assigned to PT-155, which was one boat in a squadron of 12. The crew was friendly, in spite of being...
McLaurine, Luke Life on an Airfield and Bomb Runs
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was based in Italy in 1944. Card playing consumed a big part of the idle time spent on base...
Riedl, Edward Life on Leyte
When Edward Riedl went ashore [Annotator's Note: during the landing on Leyte, Philippines], Zeros [Annotator's Note:...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Life on New Guinea
When Charles Weskey Borders got to New Guinea it had not been secured. The worst time was when he was based at Noemfoor...
LeBlanc, Dale Light Wounds and Bad Decisions
Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...
Reissig, Floyd J. Lingayen Gulf
Floyd James Reissig sailed around Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] towards Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note...
Peterson, Dale Living Aboard a Cruiser
Dale Peterson served on two different cruisers, the USS San Diego (CL-53) and the USS San Juan (CL-54). His battle...
Polito, Felix LIving with the Memories
Felix Polito has reached the point in his life where he wants to let his dependants know what he did in the war. Gail...
Haines, George Locals and Mail
George Haines said they would often see the Philippine rebels. In Leyte, [Annotator's Note: Leyte Island, Philippines]...
Hoff, Donald Locating the Japanese Fleet at Midway
When they [Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff and the rest of the strike group] arrived at the point where they [Annotator's...
Kinney, Gabriel Looking Back
When Gabriel Kinney first went overseas to join the 25th Infantry Division he was assigned to 1st Platoon, Company F,...
Jaber, Anton Losing a Buddy Near the End of the War
They [Annotator’s Note: Anton Jaber and other American forces] had been on the Roer River where the dam had been...
Raner, Norman Losing a Friend and Orders Home
As Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944, Anzio, Italy] was tailing out [Annotator's...
Gulotta, James Losing a Good Friend
James Gulotta did not have any friends to keep up with after the war. They were all either killed or maimed. His unit [...
Fallon, John Losing a Good Man
John T. Fallon ended up in Germany [Annotator's Note: with the Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment...
Dillon, Gerard Losing a Man and Wounded
Gerard Dillon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Johnson, Erwin Losing Bataan and Manila
Erwin Johnson was an aircraft mechanic at Fort McKinley in Manila, Philippines when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor...
Laster, John Thomas Losing Countrymen
Remembering a sister ship that had come into the Mediterranean by way of Oran, John Laster said it had picked up a...
Mancuso, Frank Losing Faith, Crack &Thump, and Spitfire
Originally, when Frank Mancuso entered the army he was a Catholic. This changed when the Pope said they could not bomb...
Jindra, Leonard Losing Friends in Combat
Leonard Jindra lost friends at the point of a German ambush [Annotator's Note: on 10 June 1944 while serving as an...
Slay, Charles Losing His Captain and the Make Up of an Infantry Regiment
Charles Slay and the 104th Infantry Division were at the Remagen Bridge [Annotator's Note: the Ludendorff Bridge, also...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Losing Pilots
Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...
Welch, Darrell Losing Planes and Pilots
[Annotator's Note: Darrell Welch and the 27th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group flew into Iceland.] The 94th Squadron...
McLaurine, Luke Loss of Aircraft and Capture
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. flew his final mission on 16 November 1944 [Annotator's Note: McLaurine was bombardier...
Williams, Kenneth Loss of Airplane
By March of 1944, Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter...
Crowley, Daniel Loss of Bataan
Daniel Crowley survived the initial attack of the Japanese on 8 December 1941. On 24 December 1941, his unit [Annotator...
O'Rorke, James Loss of Bataan
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a member of Signal Corps Aircraft Warning, 5th Interceptor Command,...
Hill, James Loss of Pappy Boyington
James J. Hill lived through one tough experience. It was the mission that Pappy was shot down [Annotator’s Note: later...
Kaslow, Solis "Sol" Loss of PT-509
It was while operating out of Cherbourg in August [Annotator’s Note: Cherbourg, France in August 1944] that Solis “Sol...

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