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Quigley, Tom Last Day in Normandy
Tom Quigley remembers watching as the two platoons before his made their way down the hillside, through some fields,...
Schrader, Ernst Last Days of Combat
At the end of the war, Ernst Schrader fought in the streets against the Czechs in the Sudetenland. The Czechs rebelled...
David, Maynard Last Mission and Being Discharged
The last mission Maynard David flew was on 30 August [Annotator's Note: 30 August 1945]. It was an air-sea rescue...
Blouin, Joseph Last Missions and Final Thoughts
Joseph Blouin did not fly any missions after D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June...
Riggs, Clarence Last Missions and Return Home
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip interview, Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. refers to papers he is holding as he...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Last Months of the War
John Witmeyer and the entire 79th Infantry Division were involved in the Battle of the Bulge, and he and his men fought...
Howie, Alice Last Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Alice Howie's husband was killed in an aerial dogfight in Europe.] Howie was very sad when the war...
Harvey, David Last Thoughts on War
[Annotator's Note: David Harvey was discharged from the Navy in 1946. He then joined the Army for the Korean War on 1...
Lepore, Louis Late Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...
Alter, Joseph Lead Up to D-Day
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Alter what the trip overseas aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth was like.]...
Livaudais, James Leadership
James Livaudais knew he had really seen combat after the battle at La Fiere and the Merderet crossing. He thought at...
Strandburg, Lewis Leadership at La Fière
Lewis A. Strandburg first saw paratroopers of the 507 [Annotator's Note: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment] on the...
Taylor, Charles Learning About Submarines
Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer, even though he had no training in this...
Spielberg, Arnold Learning New Technologies
Arnold Spielberg worked for RCA [Annotator's Note: Radio Corporation of America] and was in charge of designing the...
Knudson, Robert Leave and Discharge
Leaving Okinawa, Robert Knudson shipped back to San Diego, California in the fall of 1945, then got a 30 day leave. His...
Wicker, Thomas Leave and Postwar life
Thomas Wicker recalled the day before the Japanese surrender, they had to fuel the USS Missouri (BB-63). The ship had a...
Franzky, Gerhard Leave in Leipzig
[Annotator's Note: Gerhard Franzky served in the Waffen SS as a communications officer in Headquarters, 22nd Regiment,...
Carlson, Clarence Leave in London and Paris
Clarence Carlson was only stationed at St. John in France [Annotator's Note: Beaumont Sur Oise Airfield, Beaumont Sur...
Zuras, Nicholas Leaving and Returning to the Invasion Site
Nicholas J. Zuras headed back out to sea [Annotator's Note: after firing all of the rockets on his rocket boat at Omaha...
Daniels, Don Leaving Iwo Jima
Don Daniels became friends with men he served with. He only stayed in touch with three or four by exchanging Christmas...
Smith, Louis Leaving Iwo Jima Alive
The morning after he was injured, Louis Smith learned that his platoon leader and squad leader were dead. The assistant...
Mc Murray, Steve Leaving Iwo Jima and Preparing to Invade Japan
Steve McMurray related that by the time an attacking unit reached its objective on the heights of Iwo Jima, its force...
Ernest, Malcolm Leaving Manchuria
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Camp O'Donnell on Luzon, Philippines.] Ernest was among a...
Killam, Arthur Leaving Manila and bad torpedoes
[Annotators Note: Arthur Killam served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Seadragon. Killam had reported aboard...
McEnery, James Leaving Peleliu
After securing Ngesebus they went back across to Peleliu. It was James McEnery's birthday the day they made their...
Tatum, John Leaving Peleliu and Pavuvu
Moving off the beach at Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...
Pomroy, Frank Leaving Peleliu, Losing a Friend, and Recovering from Wounds
Once Frank Pomroy was brought to the beach he was treated by a Navy corpsman and evacuated from Peleliu to a hospital...
Nesser, William Leaving the Merchant Marine
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Nesser about why he was not part of the Murmansk run PQ-17, an Atlantic...
Salerno, James Leaving the Military
During the war James Salerno did not like the Japanese and had nothing nice to say about them. The Japanese soldiers...
Skaggs, Jack Leaving Wake Island
Jack Skaggs and his comrades were loaded aboard the Nitta Maru for departure from Wake. They left on 12 January 1942....
Lengsfield, Jack Lengsfield's Last Bombing Mission
When there were indications that both German fronts were collapsing, Jack Lengsfield knew the war would soon be over....
Sterrie, Norman Lexington Island Raids
After Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Norman Sterrie...
Hahn, Clifford Leyte
Clifford Albert Hahn landed at Baybay on Leyte Island in the Philippines. He saw MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...
Grass, Philip Leyte
Philip Grass recalls that five companies did most of the work in New Guinea. They helped unload the ships. In August or...
Geiger, John Leyte Gulf
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] was...
Werner, Jack Leyte Island
They [Annotator's Note: Jack Werner and the rest of the 7th Infantry Division] returned to Hawaii [Annotator's Note:...

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