Experience behind enemy lines

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Currey, Francis S. Segment 4
The GI that helped Currey with the bazooka was Adam Lucero.Currey recalled the events of the actions that lead to him...
Jackson, Donald Segment 4
In Africa they were out in the desert were the French Foreign Legion was training and were headquartered. They worked...
Baynham, James Segment 4
It was surprising to Baynham when his parachute opened. He could see a power line that he was being blown toward. He...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 4
Baum's combat command was a reserve command and the 1st 1 into the area at the front of the division. They came under a...
Weinart, John Segment 4
John Weinart notes that the Virgin Mary prayer card experience is in the book that he wrote. The Bronze Star that...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 4
When Richard Candelaria returned to base he did rolls to signify his victories. The crew chiefs could tell that the...
McKee, Ralph Segment 4
McKee and Whitsell were moved to a woman's home until arrangements were made to travel to Paris via train. He was...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 4
Off in the distance they could hear dogs barking. They knew that they were being searched for. They were sitting around...
Carrington, James Segment 4
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 5
When Loevsky opened the nose turret to free the bombardier, the bombardier attempted to put on his shoes; according to...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 5
Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 5
After going past the site of the Malmedy Massacre, they kept going and their next major battle was in a town called...
Disanza, William Segment 5
William Disanza was happy to straighten the propeller issue out and get a new one back on. That was an experience they...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 5
The first person Lynn Compton met up with after the jump into Normandy was Winters [Annotators Note: Richard Winters]....
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 5
Thatcher was able to get his tool kit from the plane. Later in the morning there was a Chinese underground member who...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 5
Ardell Bollinger learned about his mission to France the night before 23 September. [Annotator’s Note: Bollinger is...
Weinart, John Segment 5
John Weinart could only stay scared for so long. He did his best to maintain his excitement and adrenaline. There was a...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 5
Galloway was able to write back home which was nice. Galloway's parents found out that he was in a POW camp because of...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 5
Richard Candelaria waited until dark then took off. He was armed with a .45 pistol that he tied around his neck to keep...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 5
The Germans had diverted two divisions to deal with this salient in their rear echelon. They did not know what these...
McKee, Ralph Segment 5
They were warned by the American attaché to not attempt an escape from the jail [Annotator’s Note: in Spain] as he...
Standifer, Leon Segment 5
One could fire automatically from the hip. The M-1 could get muddy, wet, and whatever else and it would fire. The...
Carrington, James Segment 5
James Carrington's war started on 7 December 1941. He was a prisoner for two years. On 3 February 1945 he moved into...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 5
James Smith almost starved to death with only three days rations on his back. They were not organic to the 1st Marine...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 5
On trip after the winter weather started to move in, they were briefed to a 50 knot head wind. They were in formation....
Loevsky, Louis Segment 6
Loevsky was taken to a German headquarters and was marched through the streets of Berlin past angry crowds. He could...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 6
The 2nd Division took Leipzig, Germany. It was heavily fortified. In Leipzig they found doorways and stairways that led...
Disanza, William Segment 6
[Annotators Note: William DiSanza served in the army and was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, and...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 6
Lynn Compton remembers going through Carentan without any resistance. When the bullets started coming the men were...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 6
Ardell Bollinger did not learn the names of the people who helped him or where he stayed because Bollinger thought he...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 6
They were supposed to leave around 4 p.m., but they were delayed because the area around Schweinheim had not been...
Weinart, John Segment 6
John Weinart notes that the previous story was probably the closest he ever got to being killed. It was not an unusual...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 6
The Preparations for Overseas Movement [Annotator's Note: POM] he doesn't remember a lot of. He remembered having to...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 6
Richard Candelaria went down the hill to a couple of cabins. He did not see anyone near the first one. When he went to...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 6
That night they ran out of trees [Annotator’s Note: after escaping a German prisoner of war camp and looking for...
Cole, Richard Segment 6
Richard Cole heard that some of the aircraft had cameras on them but his was not one of them. The picture of Doolittle...

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