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Boyles, Edward Inland Fighting on Leyte
As a few days had past, Edward E. Boyles and his platoon [Annotator's Note: at the time, Boyles was serving as a...
Bucksell, Norris Integrated but Segregated Still
President Truman [Annotator's Note: President Harry S. Truman] integrated the military. Norris Bucksell's brother-in-...
Geiger, John Intelligence Missions
John Geiger was security for the officer while on missions. They took the officer wherever he wanted to go. Every...
Clancey, Michael Interactions with the Vietnamese
Michael Clancey was initially wary of the Vietnamese population, because he did not know who was working with the enemy...
Dearman, Alfred Interactions, Trials, and Hangings
Shigemitsu [Annotator's Note: Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician] and Alfred Dearman interacted quite...
Lippman, Robert Interesting Experiences
Robert Lippman did not lose too many men when he was in the jungle [Annotator's Note: in Burma with the Kachin Rangers...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Internment at Santo Tomas
When the Japanese ceased the bombing [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Internment Camp Hospital
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees were very leery of their Japanese captors. They were not all bad...
Scales, James Interrogating a Japanese Soldier on Saipan
As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Brooks, Morton Into Battle and Captured
At the time of his overseas deployment, Morton Brooks had little knowledge about the German treatment of Jews, except...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Into Combat
Benjamin Schleider and his unit [Annotator's Note: 6th Armored Division] landed at Utah Beach on 18 July 1944. The...
Blunt, Rockie Into Combat
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt’s father told him to join the Army. He attended Fort McClellan,...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Into Germany
After the Battle of the Bulge, Edward "Babe" Heffron continued fighting into Alsace-Lorraine then Dusseldorf and on to...
Spint, Robert Into Germany and Concentration Camps
Robert Spint crossed the Rhine River with five others going to his unit [Annotator's Note: 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance...
Halloran, Walter Into Germany and Horrors
Walter Halloran fought in the Battle of the Bulge after making his way across France and participating in many small...
Davis, Jack Into Germany and Wounded
Art Williams [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to verify identity] from Kentucky told Jack Davis they had to...
Garbo, William Into the War
William Garbo was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. He was in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor....
Colburn, George Introduced to War on Iwo Jima
George Colburn only heard scuttlebutt [Annotator's Note: a period slang term for a rumor]. He was just a Private and...
Baranek, Martin Introduction to Auschwitz
The Jewish prisoners traveled for three days in a boxcar, and when Martin Baranek arrived at Auschwitz, he faced killer...
Conklin, Earl Introduction to Combat
Earl Conklin joined the 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: as a rifle platoon leader in Company A, 1st Battalion,...
Boyer, Robert Introduction to Combat
In describing what it was like to go into combat for the first time, Robert Boyer said he saw a comrade "go to pieces"...
Sgobbo, Dominick Introduction to Combat
Kept waiting, Dominick Sgobbo was disappointed that he didn't get to Normandy until August 1944. The whole 2nd...
Smith, Louis Introduction to Combat
Louis Smith recalled that he was inducted 26 February 1943, wounded on Iwo Jima 26 February 1945, and quit smoking...
Tweed, Earl Introduction to Combat
Earl Tweed served with L Company [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...
Jaccarino, Richard Introduction to Combat on Leyte
For a couple of weeks, Richard Jaccarino unloaded ships and moved supplies inland. The enemy was expected to come back...
Harris, Carroll Invading Attu
At three in the morning [Annotator's Note: of 11 May 1943], Carroll Harris disembarked from the submarine one mile from...
Smith, Charles Invading Echternach
Charles R. Smith [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry...
Smith, Charles Invading Germany
The rains came while Charles R. Smith and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th...
Luce, Dwain Invading Italy
Dwain Luce says there were several plans for airborne [Annotator's Note: 82nd Airborne Division in Allied invasion of...
Goss, Samuel "S. Richard Goss" Invading Iwo Jima
Samuel Goss practiced at Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands aboard the USS Bladen (APA-64)]. He...
Curley, Walter Invading Iwo Jima
On 19 February [Annotator' Note: 19 February 1945], Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the...
Stewart, Roy Invading Iwo Jima
Roy Stewart was a replacement in the 4th Marine Division. The unit [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Whitman, Melvin Invading Peleliu
On the way to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu Island, Palau], Melvin C. Whitman crossed paths with a Navy ship that...
Famularo, Salvatore Invading Saipan
Salvatore Famularo went to Maui in the Hawaiian islands. He went into the 4th Marine Division [Annotator's Note:...
Courtney, Melbourne Invading Southern France
For the invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944], Melbourne Sanford...
Schafer, Leon Invading Southern France
[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was assigned to the Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-502 for the invasion of Europe.] Because...

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