Combat decisions

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Ford, Richard Segment 10
Richard Ford notes that they really got nailed at the Elbe River. They moved up to an area one afternoon and the next...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 10
When the war started everyone started working with what they had. Merrill's group patrolled up and down the Hawaiian...
Mack, Frank Segment 10
Mack is the chaplain of the Sixth Marine Division Association. He notes that the ranks are getting very thin. The...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 10
Freddie Ohr was sitting around in a tent for two and a half days. Sandborne informed him that there would not be a test...
Disanza, William Segment 10
Any little thing William Disanza could do to help the natives he did. They loved it as well. It was American ingenuity...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 10
Years later Vejtasa asked Japanese veterans if they had thought about strafing the deck and they said no. Vejtasa would...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 10
They were attempting to cross a river in order to capture an airfield that was suspected of housing German transport...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 10
The torpedo planes flew into Espiritu Santo. They stayed on Espiritu Santo for about a week. They sent 6 TBF's [...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 10
Childers was placed in a basket and hoisted onto the deck of the destroyer that had picked him and his crew up. He was...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 11
While escorting bombers Clarence Anderson was leading his flight to the front of the bomber formation when he noticed a...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 11
The local principal got him to come up there and then teachers started asking him to speak to their classes. The...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 11
Yellin is not sure if he was fired upon during landings and take offs from Iwo Jima. Yellin recalls that one of his...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 11
Freddie Ohr found out it was that bullet that ricocheted off his helmet and went into the cushion. His leader made a...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 11
The navy commander leading the Hornet's [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet, CV-8] air group was responsible for the deaths...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 11
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 12
One of Clarence Anderson's men came across a German pilot shooting at men in parachutes. He shot the German down and...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 12
During the last few days of the war there was very little action. Most of the Germans were figuring out a way to...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 12
While Childers was a cadet he was asked by Colonel Mangrum if he had received a Purple Heart. When he told Mangrum that...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 13
[Annotators Note: Clarence Anderson served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot flying P-51 Mustangs with the 363rd Fighter...
Zawada, Robert Segment 13
Zawada realized the mission was a failure when they were under tank fire outside of Hammelburg and when he drove the...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 13
Freddie Ohr went from Corsica Italy to Medina, Italy. They flew out of there on a short steel runway. They flew all of...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 13
Charles Scheffel’s run in with Mr. Shaw [Annotators Note: George Bernard Shaw] was not included in his book Crack and...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 13
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 14
Freddie Ohr made a dozen passes over the airfield. They went up to provide cover when the top flight went down. Finally...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 14
Admiral Kinkaid [Annotato's Note: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid] who had no experince with carriers or aviators, ordered a...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 14
Charles Scheffel notes that had anyone else been there they would have done the same thing. There are people fighting...
Myers, Leroy Segment 15
Myers was discharged from the Navy as a Seamen Last-Class [Annotator's Note: either apprentice seaman or seaman 2nd...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 15
Charles Scheffel located the headquarters of the 39th Infantry Regiment. He reported to the colonel who was glad to see...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 17
Freddie Ohr had a lot of things happened to him. The first guy Ohr encountered really tried to make it tough on him....
Ohr, Freddie Segment 18
Freddie Ohr thought that it was an exciting mission [Annotators Note: See Freddie Ohr Segment 17]. He thought that...
Murphy, Robert Segment 2
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper and pathfinder in Company A, 1st Battalion, 505th...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 2
Merrill was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga, CV-3] both times she was torpedoed.When they left...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 2
Mancel Kirk was selected to go on a 10 man patrol to snatch a prisoner. They passed through the German lines and made...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 2
Currey recalled combat along the Siegfried line as being like combat anywhere. They are shooting at you and you are...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 2
They left Fort Dix in October 1943. They sent their families home.They went to Europe on a liberty ship. The whole...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 2
They thought they were going to head back to the United States. They practiced close order drill. On the 16th of...

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