Experience with death

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Keller, Richard New Georgia
Richard Keller did not get promoted to captain until after they were in combat. They went straight into the jungle to...
West, Gerald L. New Georgia
After recuperating, Gerald West left for New Georgia. The Raiders landed on New Georgia at one o’clock in the morning...
Lopez, Lionel New Guinea
Lionel Lopez took a small ship out of Panama. They were headed north to San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco...
Lopez, Lionel New Guinea
Lionel Lopez would have followed his captain anywhere. He was half-Indian. He was a fighting man. Lopez carried an M1 [...
Schweitzer, Philip New Guinea
Philip Schweitzer's first time away from home was his trip to basic training. Schweitzer thinks that at the time, the...
Grass, Philip New Guinea
Philip Grass sailed on a new vessel called the Sea Snipe. The ship was made in Seattle [Annotator’s Note: Seattle,...
Bellecci, John New Guinea and the Philippines
John Bellecci boarded a ship from California to Australia. The ship went alone in September 1943. It was a converted...
Fair, Paul New Guinea to Luzon
Paul Fair remembers it was sandy on the beach of New Guinea, then it turned into a jungle. The weapons he used did not...
Thornhill, Jack New Guinea, Cape Gloucester and the Admiralties
[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...
Schulman, Shirley New Jobs
While her husband, Hyman, was deployed overseas in Europe during World War 2, Shirley Sandy Schulman found a job as a...
Raner, Norman New Lieutenant
To Norman Raner, the enemy [Annotator's Note: the German Army forces he faced in the deserts of North Africa] was...
Daniel, Lora News, Rationing, and Atomic Bombs
Lora E. Daniel knew what was going on with the war, but her life was so busy that she probably did not think about it...
Matsumoto, Roy Nhpum Ga
Roy H. Matsumoto thought he would like to be taller as a Marauder [Annotator's Note: Matsumoto was a member of the...
Matsumoto, Roy Nhpum Ga Aftermath
Roy H. Matsumoto and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Blue Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional...
Kinney, Gabriel Nhpum Ga and First Contact with the Enemy
Gabriel Kinney and the 2nd Battalion [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, Blue Combat Team, 5307th Composite Unit (...
Colburn, George Night Action on Iwo Jima
George Colburn called for a stretcher. One of the ones who brought the stretcher got hit. They put his friend,...
Durocher, Edmund Night Battle at Coffin Corner
Edmund Durocher was alone for a while [Annotator's Note: on a ridge on Cape Gloucester, New Britain known as Coffin...
Shaw, Claude Night Battle Off Guadalcanal
Claude Bufford Shaw was born in Marie, Arkansas, in 1918. When his Midshipman class graduated on 13 December 1941, he...
Hackler, Maurice "Hack" Night Moves
When Maurice Hackler got to England, he stayed at Bovington for about a week, and experienced air raid warnings for the...
Howard, Taylor Night Patrol
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was sent overseas [Annotation...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Night Patrols
One night, the battalion command sent John Witmeyer on a patrol behind German lines. Witmeyer took six other men out on...
Bender, Harry Nights on Okinawa
Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion,...
Franzky, Gerhard Nijmegen
The attack on the barn took place between Arras and Amiens. When Gerhard Franzky was caught the second time he was sent...
Klenoski, Richard Ninth Mission Crash
[Annotator's Note: Richard Klenoski joined his bomber crew in Casper, Wyoming in late 1944.] He was married on New Year...
Bell, Elmo No Audio
[Annotator's Note: due to a technical problem, audio for this segment was lost].
Goodrich, James No Rear Area and Seeing Holland Smith
One of the replacements sent to James Goodrich's squad was killed before Goodrich ever got his name because he did not...
Scholl, Richard Noemfoor Island
Richard Scholl does not recall the Battle of Lone Tree Hill by name specifically [Annotator's Note: also known as...
Medway, Irwin Nordhausen Concentration Camp
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads from articles...
Zingheim, John Nordhausen Concentration Camp
Dr. John Julien Zingheim does not remember going to Cologne [Annotator's Note: Cologne or Köln, Germany], but thinks he...
Beal, Harold Normady Beach Landing
Harold Beal remembers there was a lot of noise. He did not go a minute without hearing some sort of blast. [Annotator's...
Morgan, George Normandy
George Morgan left Fort Pierce after a month and a half along with two dozen other men. [Annotator’s Note: Fort...
Greer, William Normandy
William Greer and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: Company A, 315th Engineer Combat Battalion, 90th Infantry Division]...
Geraci, Dominic Normandy
Dominic Geraci knew there would be an invasion, but did not know when or where. His was in a replacement unit that...
Griffenhagen, George Normandy
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with George Griffenhagen and the interviewer returning from a break and talking...
Harry, Peter Normandy
Peter Harry spent six months in England then crossed the Channel to Omaha Beach in Normandy. He landed about two days...

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