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Carraway, Myron Witness to Pearl Harbor Attack
Myron J. Carraway was waiting for breakfast when the Pearl Harbor attack began [Annotator's Note: Carraway was aboard...
Blakey, Thomas Working for General Brereton
[Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Thomas J. Blakey if he is familiar with US Army Lieutenant General Lewis Hyde...
Ammerman, Gale Working With the 82nd Airborne
Gale Ammerman was wearing a regular combat jacket and trousers, carried a .45 caliber pistol [Annotator's Note: .45...
Ellis, Frederick Worst Combat
Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note...
Zarger, Edward Worst Firefight
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Edward Zarger what his worst battle was.] The day he was wounded in the leg, 6...
Dillon, Gerard Worst Number of Casualties
On the morning of D plus 4 [Annotator's Note: 10 June 1944], the 90th Infantry Division moved into the area where...
Caponigro, John Wounded a Second Time
After the Battle of the Bulge they went into combat in Germany where John Caponigro was wounded again. After being...
Jameson, Andrew Wounded and Out of Combat
For Andrew George Jameson [Annotator's Note: with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry...
Twigger, William Wounded and Recovery
William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...
Parker, William Wounded and Redeployed
After the D-Day invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], William "...
Bassett, Billy Wounded and War's End
Billy P. Bassett and his unit [Annotator's Note: 11th Armored Division] headed into combat during the Battle of the...
Wilson, James Wounded at Guadalcanal
James Wilson landed in Wellington, New Zealand [Annotator's Note: on 11 July 1942] and it was cold and raining. They [...
Jaccarino, Richard Wounded at the Tanabaru Escarpment
One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...
Halpern, Gerard Wounded by German Artillery
Gerard Halpern was with the I and R Platoon [Annotators Note: the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon of the 180th...
Yates, Herman Wounded by Mortars
Herman Yates was asked to go on reconnaissance with an officer and a driver to a little town where some Americans were...
Cruise, Leslie Wounded During the Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continually refers to a book that he has off camera.] During Operation Market Garden [...
Levine, Arthur Wounded During the Bulge
In December 1944, Arthur Levine [Annotator's Note: with the 30th Infantry Division] received orders to head to Stoumont...
Dole, Robert Wounded in Action
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole, American veteran and politician] was wounded in...
Willhour, Dick Wounded in Action
Richard "Dick" Willhour returned from a rest camp as the outfit [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Division] was moving...
Goble, Joseph Wounded in Action on Guadalcanal
Joseph Goble and the Marines went about strengthening their lines on the edge of the mountains [Annotator's Note: after...
Fallon, John Wounded in Anzio
John T. Fallon was wounded at Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944, Anzio, Italy]....
Nannini, James Wounded in France
James Nannini participated in the Normandy Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
Fallon, John Wounded in France
John T. Fallon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] made the...
Evans, Donald Wounded in Germany
Donald Evans and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] got orders to mount up....
Neste, Norman A. Wounded in Germany
Norman Neste was in his first big battle at the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counter...
Goad, Roy Wounded in Italy
[Annotator’s Note: The video glitches throughout the segment.] Roy D. Goad [Annotator’s Note: a lieutenant in the 143rd...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Wounded in the Hurtgen Forest
Bernard Hillenbrand and his division [Annotator's Note: Hillenbrand was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 18th...
Morse, Ralph Wounded Men and POWs
While Ralph Morse was in the hospital recovering from malaria, he was told he would not be going back to the Pacific [...
Wayne, William Wounded on Day Three
On his second day on Iwo Jima, Japan, William Wayne and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th...
Wells, Kenneth Wounded on Okinawa
On 11 June 1945, Kenneth Dwight Wells and his company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment...
Johnson, Malcolm Wounded on Wake Island
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese tried to land troops...
Anschau, Martin Wounded, Recovery then War’s End
Martin J. Anschau and his outfit crossed an open field [Annotator’s Note: in Belgium with the 290th Infantry Regiment,...
Angst, Lawrence Wounds and Suicides
The first thing that Lawrence Angst would do if he came to a soldier missing a limb was try to stop the bleeding. He...
Goodrich, James Wrapping up Guadalcanal and the Cost of Taking Tarawa
James Goodrich and his buddy dug a foxhole. His buddy put a big branch across the top of the hole. Later that night...
Davis, Jack Wrapping up the War
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Livaudais, James WWII Museum Visit
James Livaudais toured the third floor of the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion of The National WWII Museum with multiple...

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