Experience behind enemy lines

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Wickersham, Obie Battle of the Bulge
To illustrate how adrenaline takes over in battle, Obie Wickersham said that during the Battle of the Bulge members of...
Quigley, Tom Battle of the Bulge
Tom Quigley remembers how one night before they blew the pillboxes, he and some other men were watching what they...
Peer, Wayne Battle of the Bulge and Assault into Germany
Wayne Peer and his outfit [Annotator's Note: I...
Burchell, Raymond Battle of the Bulge Part II
Raymond Burchell used grenades to fight the tanks. [Annotator's Note: Burchell is referring to the Battle of the Bulge...
Wilkins, Byron Battle of the Bulge POW
Byron Othello Wilkins experienced the artillery barrage around 5:30 in the morning [Annotators Note: on the morning of...
VanDuzer, Raymond Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
The Hurtgen Forest was a real forest. Raymond VanDuzer does not recall there being snow. When they were shelled things...
Hirabayashi, Grant Battles at Nhpum-Ga and Myitkyina
The terrain and environment of the jungle [Annotator's Note: the jungle in Burma; now Myanmar] was terrible. They [...
Hirabayashi, Grant Battles Walawbum and Shadazup
[Annotator's Note: Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was assigned to the Red Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (...
Franklin, Ralph Becoming a Marine
Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...
Colbert, Hugh Becoming a POW
As the situation unraveled for 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, German tanks cut off the battalion's position...
Peer, Wayne Becoming a Soldier
Wayne Peer anticipated being drafted. The armed forces had few restrictions to defer service. Peer was inducted at Fort...
Sapp, Walter Behind Enemy Lines
Walter Sapp had been in his foxhole for eight days. He could not stand or walk. Two men lifted him out and he woke up...
Geiger, John Behind Enemy Lines
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] and...
Roberts, John Behind Enemy Lines
John M. Roberts began to look for the wounded men in the group ahead of his but could not find them. They started to...
Farley, Daniel Behind the Lines at Zerf
In February [Annotator's Note: 5 February 1945], Daniel Farley and the rest of the 5th Ranger Battalion got word to...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" Being a Prisoner of War
Lewis Thomas Easterling had broken his legs when his plane was hit and he could not go anywhere when he landed. A group...
Flynn, David Being a Prisoner of War on Java
While David Flynn was in the water, he was only concerned with staying alive, not with thoughts of what would happen if...
Flannigan, James Being a Radioman and Fighting in the Woods
As a radioman with the forward observer, James Flannigan usually traveled on a jeep to the battalion CP [Annotator's...
Lefever, Paul Being an Aerial Gunner
The first mission Paul Lefever participated in was the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator's Note: on 14 October 1943...
Pavlovich, Theodore Being Awarded the Silver Star Medal
While the 35th Infantry [Annotator's Note: 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division] waited on Guadalcanal [...
Burns, Lloyd Being Captured
Lloyd Burns had to bail out of his plane. When he jumped out, he blacked out right after he pulled his ripcord. His...
Smith, Rothacker Being Captured
After being wounded by a mortar round Rothacker Smith, his sergeant and another soldier wounded during the German...
Friedenberg, Bernard Being Jewish at the Battle of the Bulge
After landing at Normandy beach for the D-Day Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Harry, Peter Being Pennsylvania Dutch and a Hospital Stay
Peter Harry has bad dreams about the war. He goes to meetings and they talk about the Battle of the Bulge and that...
Doolan, Robert Being Shot Down
The targets of the first missions Robert Doolan flew were submarines. The East Coast [Annotator's Note: of the United...
Anderson, Howard Being Shot Down
Flying to Japan was not easy because so much of China was under Japanese control. All of the missions Howard Anderson...
Angier, John Being Shot Down and Captured
John Angier's 33rd mission was to Cologne, Germany which should have been a relatively short mission. They were hit...
Siracuse, James Being Shot Down and Captured
James Siracuse was waiting to board the plane [Annotator's Note: for his 22nd mission]. One of his gunners said that he...
Robinson, Theodore "Ted" Being Sunk
Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson kept moving north until he made it to Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Vella Lavella,...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Being Wounded
Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Being Wounded and Hospitalized
John Witmeyer was first wounded in early July of 1944, just a month after the invasion of Normandy began. He went out...
Shawn, Gilbert Belgian Underground
After ditching his plane [Annotator's Note: on 12 April 1944 over Perwez, Belgium], Gilbert S. Shawn worked with the...
Urice, Joe Berlin
Joel Urice remembers the weather was terrible. They had to go through an overcast. There was an opening in the clouds...
Wilkins, Byron Bicycling POWs
Byron Othello Wilkins left the infirmary and was placed on a farm where there were a lot of British and various other...
Hill, James Black Sheep Squadron
James J. Hill had Pappy Boyington [Annotator's Note: later US Marine Corps Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington] as his...
Peto, George Bloody Nose Ridge
When Company I came to the relief of a decimated Company K, George Peto, who served as a forward mortar observer,...

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