Experience behind enemy lines

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Freeman, Bradford Taking Carentan
The company [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division]...
Jaccarino, Richard Taking Hill 178 on Okinawa
With the 184th Regiment [Annotator's Note: 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] on the line at Hill 178,...
Stewart, Roy Taking Hill 382
Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] advanced on Hill 382 [...
Breen, Vernon Taking Prisoners
With his partner Curtis Mathews, Vernon Breen was assigned to take a phone down to a "T" in the road to observe the...
Fogg, Floyd Taking Suribachi Airfield and Hill 515
In February 1945, Floyd Fogg was among the Marines of the 23rd Marines, 4th Division [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine...
Creek, Roy Taking the La Fiere Causeway
Roy Creek recalls a misunderstanding surrounding Bob Ray [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity] and the 325 [...
Fouts, Henry Targets of Attack
One of the targets Henry Sherman Fouts flew to [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment...
McKay, Edgar Task Force Baum to Return Home
Edgar L. McKay and others received orders [Annotator's Note: from US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.] to...
Richard, Martin Terrible Losses
Martin Richard does not really recall his first debriefing on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Guarnere, William "Wild Bill" The jump into Normandy
[Annotators Note: William Guarnere was a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Rice, Rip The 104th Enters Holland
Rip Rice went into combat in late October in northern Belgium and southern Holland. There is a book called Timberwolf...
Pribyl, William The ABC Pipeline
According to William J. Pribyl, the pipeline that pumped petroleum to China made it to Myitkyina [Annotator's Note:...
Smith, John The Admiralty Islands Campaign
When the 1st Calvary Division was preparing for the landing on Manus, John Smith was in the reconnaissance patrol sent...
Beaman, William The Australian Experience
Home base for William Beaman and the USS Flasher (SS-249) was Perth, Australia. At the end of a two month mission, the...
Walter, Robert The Battle of the Bulge
Robert Walter thinks the population of Krinkelt was about 5000 before the war. There was a church on Krinkelt. Water...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" The Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Donelson Houseman served in the Army as the 81mm mortar platoon leader in Company D, 1st Battalion,...
Guarnere, William "Wild Bill" The Bois Jacques
[Annotators Note: William Guarnere was a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Marr, John W The Bridge
As John Marr led his advanced scout team back to the position of Captain Ben Schwartzwalder [Annotator's Note:...
Walker, Robert The Bulge and Beyond
Returning to his first encounter during the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
Shirley, John The Cassino Front
John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...
Burchell, Raymond The Causeway
Raymond Burchell remembers seeing many young men in the German Army. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf...
McLaughlin, Sr., James The Costs of Inexperience
James Kemp McLaughlin does not recall the modified B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] YB...
Carver, Jack The Enemy in the Ardennes
Jack Carver participated in the Battle of the Bulge when SS Panzer Divisions attacked green American units in the...
Geiger, John The First Mission
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: a member of the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit known as the Alamo Scouts]...
Urice, Joe The First Missions
Joel Urice was assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment...
Flannigan, James The Hurtgen Forest and the Distinguished Service Cross
Asked to recall his worst memories of the Hurtgen Forest, James Flannigan replied, "The day I went in, 'til the day I...
Marr, John W The Jump into Normandy
John W. Marr and the men of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment loaded into their transport airplanes on the evening...
Schmitt, Warren The last months of the war
It was not quite dark when Warren Schmitt linked up with the engineers who had stopped him [Annotators Note: Warren...
Kinney, Gabriel The Leeches were Worse than the Japanese
Gabriel Kinney occasionally encountered Burmese civilians. For the most part the natives did not care who they were....
Coolidge, Charles The Medal of Honor and Combat Stories
Charles Coolidge took sheep into a minefield instead of sending men through it to be sure there were no mines. Early in...
Douglas, Walter The Merseburg Mission
Walter Douglas recalled a flight surgeon okayed one of his crewmen for a mission that he was not ready for. He also...
Kirkpatrick, Otto The Pathfinders
Otto Kirkpatrick got orders on Easter Sunday 1943 to transfer to the 322nd Bomb Group [Annotator’s Note: 322nd...
Lopez, Lionel The Philippines
Lionel Lopez went to Leyte Island in the Philippines [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Leyte, 17 October to 26 December...
Labat, Ubert The Push into Germany
When the big push toward Berlin commenced, Ubert Labat says the Americans brought all the big guns up to the line, and...
Reese, Lloyd The Run on Ploesti
Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator taking part in Operation Tidal Wave over Ploiești,...
Colbert, Hugh The Situation Crumbles
Unbeknownst to Hugh Colbert and most of the men in the 422nd Infantry Regiment, the German advance had completely cut...

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