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Floravante, Emile Battle of the Bulge and Hurtgen Forest
Alfred Anthony Alvarez's unit [Annotator's Note: 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division] was given a new...
Fiore, Dominick Battle of the Bulge and Malmedy Massacre
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Dominic Fiore already in conversation with the interviewer.] Fiore's...
Pritchett, James Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity
The weather in Europe during December 1944 was bad, according to James Pritchett's account, and the air space around...
Jaber, Anton Battle of the Bulge and the Difference Between German Troops
After the Allies broke through at Saint-Lô, France [Annotator’s Note: Operation Cobra in July 1944], things got a lot...
Morgan, Fred Battle of the Bulge and War's End
The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December 1944...
Ford, John Battle of the Bulge and War's End
John Holton Ford [Annotator’s Note: a second lieutenant battalion radar officer with the 749th Anti-Aircraft Artillery...
Biagioni, William Battle of the Bulge and War's End
William H. Biagioni was pulled from Holland and placed in some barracks in France. Not long after they had settled in,...
Hayes, Clifford "Cliff" Battle of the Bulge and Withdrawing into France
Clifford Suthern Hayes was with the 222nd infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,...
Spinato, Angelo Battle of the Bulge Day One
Angelo Joseph Spinato [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 4th Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th...
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...
Appel, Jack Battle of the Bulge to War's End
During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Massey, Joseph Battle of the Bulge, Being Captured and Stalag 4B
The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December 1944 to 25...
Yost, Victor Battle of the Coral Sea
Victor Yost's first action against the Japanese was at the Battle of the Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: 4 to 8 May 1942...
Roy, William Battle of the Coral Sea
William Roy [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) as the aircraft carrier's photographer] left Pearl Harbor...
Coleman, Harper Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
Harper Harvey Coleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division] had...
O'Leary, Frank Battle of the Tenaru River
Frank H. O'Leary and his platoon set up on the Tenaru River [Annotator's Notes: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. On the...
Young, James Battle of the Tenaru River
James Franklin Young was with his mortar unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st...
Cowart, Harold Battle of Tinian and Rest on Maui
[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout the interview.] Harold G. Cowart and the 25th Marines [...
Haslauer, Warren Battle of Vella Lavella
Warren J. Haslauer served in several different units. He started off in 6th Marine Regiment [Annotator's Note: 6th...
Tacket, Henry Battle off Samar
Henry A. Tacket was aboard the USS Heermann (DD-532) when the invasion of the Philippines started. The initial landings...
Bird, Henry Battle on Saipan
After Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands], Henry James...
Paret, Peter Battle Scars
As Peter Paret's battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division] moved down...
Engels, Emile Battle Toll on the Village
After being liberated in Warnach, Belgium for the second time, Emile Engles' father went to look at their family home....
Raner, Norman Battlefield Commission
On Christmas Day 1943 [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1943], Norman Raner was told he was receiving a battlefield...
Weiss, Jack Battles and Kamikazes
[Annotator's Note: Jack Weiss served in the Navy aboard the USS Columbia (CL-56).] They got word the Japanese fleet was...
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 [...
Bielec, William Battles in Europe
After his successful mission on D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944...
Dillon, Gerard Battles on Cake Hill
[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon rejoined the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division as they were...
Hirabayashi, Grant Battles Walawbum and Shadazup
[Annotator's Note: Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was assigned to the Red Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (...
Spaulding, Arthur Battling and Governing Germans
The Germans had a machine gun and rifles and were firing through windows. Arthur Spaulding and his squad [Annotator's...
Hartzell, Frank Battling into Germany
Frank Hartzell and his battalion [Annotator's Note: Hartzell was a member of Company B, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion...
Muller, Henry Battling the 26th Japanese Division
Henry Muller was G-2 [Annotator’s Note: Military designation; G means general staff position; -2 stands for...
Simons, F.M. Bayonets and Surrendering Germans
The horrible times for F.M. Richard Simons were mortars and trying not to fall asleep in his foxhole. Once, they heard...
Connelly, James Beach Landings
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Connelly if any memories stand out in particular for him.] They ate C...
Smith, Arthur Beaching a PT-Boat
Arthur Smith says that when they were sinking Japanese luggers [Annotator's Note: slang for cargo ships], the often...
McLaurine, Luke Becoming a Bombardier
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was called up in February 1943 and sent to Miami [Annotator's Note: Miami, Florida] for...

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