Experience behind enemy lines

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Carrington, James Segment 6
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 6
When the guys heard Axis Sally playing over loud speakers they laughed. They knew it was just propaganda. The Germans...
Gross, Clayton Segment 7
Clayton Kelly Gross had to make an emergency landing on Omaha Beach before he went home. He flew a mission over the...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 7
Slape and Creger [Annotators Note: Sgt. William Slape and Private John B. Creger] were trying to get back to the...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 7
The Germans issued blankets to the POWs that were threadbare and worthless. Loevsky states that when the Germans knew...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 7
Clinton Gardner and the armed forces with him were so well trained that he does not remember being afraid when they...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 7
At Kasserine Pass Edward LaPorta was set up at about the middle of the pass. They were on an outpost and there was a...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 7
Steve Pisanos decided to return to base. Fuel was an issue on missions. There were incidents of Spitfire pilots having...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 7
Leonard Spivey was hanging in his parachute and it was cold. Spivey was not uncomfortable because he thinks he had a...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 7
Lynn Compton remembers Doc Roe [Annotators Note: Company E medic Eugene Roe] as the medic who worked on him when he was...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 7
There was a good 40 knot tail wind that was with them for several hours. When they got to the coast of Kyushu they were...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 7
Kanaya said that medics followed the troops into the field. He liked to pick units that he knew would probably get into...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 7
The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...
Keema, John Segment 7
Keema had flown back to back to back missions on eight, nine, and ten [Annotator’s Note: 8, 9, and 10 October 1943]....
Cole, Richard Segment 7
Once they [Annotators Note: Richard Cole, James Doolittle, and the crewmen aboard their B-25 which had just taken part...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 7
Hershel Williams does not remember knocking out some of the pillboxes. One of them, however, Williams remembers, ran...
Zawada, Robert Segment 8
All of the men in Zawada's squad wondered why they were going behind German lines to liberate Hammelburg. Rumors...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 8
After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] the action really slowed down...
Sherman, Richard Segment 8
Sherman believes that everyone should know a little bit about every theater. Sherman believes that the generosity and...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 8
Steve Pisanos made his way into some nearby woods. The German troops followed him in calling for him to give himself up...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 8
Leonard Spivey was told that the war was over for him and that he would not be fighting again. Spivey gave them name,...
Disanza, William Segment 8
William Disanza was in the Boy Scouts as a kid but it did not prepare him for Burma. Disanza had originally joined the...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 8
Lynn Compton knew the Germans were nearby while he and his men stayed in the area. Compton had to go to the listening...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 8
When they left the ground they were going a little under 80 miles per hour. The ship was making about 20 knots and...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 8
At Lohr, they lost their 1st tank from a German Panzerfaust. Baum says they did not have time to think about it, they...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 8
Both sides honored their gentleman's agreement to meet at the river in order to collect the bodies. There was one other...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 8
A Red Cross truck passed the area where Candelaria and his fellow prisoners were being held. He spoke with the man in...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 8
Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 9
The guard spoke to Lyle Bouck in German and stuck the barrel of his weapon against Bouck's stomach. Bouck heard a snap...
Zawada, Robert Segment 9
Zawada recalls the drive being very easy [Annotator's Note: during the Hammelburg raid as a member of Task Force Baum...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 9
It would get cold on the hike. They would start the hike at camp and would end the hike at the hospital. It was a 20...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 9
When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 9
While hiding out in Paris Steve Pisanos was picked up by a resistance operative who took him to church. When they got...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 9
While talking with the man, Jones's copilot showed up. The men felt better seeing each other.The young man had a hand...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 9
As a medic, Kanaya had to treat the Germans like their own wounded. The medics would treat the American wounded 1st and...
Cole, Richard Segment 9
The last time Richard Cole saw the old man [Annotator's Note: USAF General James H. Doolittle] was in 1992. Several of...

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