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Whitman, Melvin Combat on Okinawa
Not far from Naha [Annotator's Note: Naha, Okinawa, Japan], Melvin C. Whitman got into a 20 plus hour artillery duel....
Kellegrew, Kent Combat on Okinawa
Kent Butzer Kellegrew [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Infantry Division] was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...
Addison, Arnold "A.C." Combat on Okinawa
As a machine gunner, Arnold Addison said he didn't often see the enemy face to face. He remembers firing tracer rounds...
Schicker, Tom Combat on Okinawa
As the Japanese aircraft came in, they [Annotator's Note: the Navy] would fire antiaircraft at them [Annotator's Note:...
Clapper, Joe Combat on Peleliu
Joe Clapper was in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...
Darling, William Combat on Peleliu
William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was...
Smith, Thomas Combat on Saipan
Thomas J. Smith, Junior headed out to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Battle of Saipan, 15 June to 9 July 1944, Saipan,...
Yavenue, Richard Combat on Saipan
Richard Yavenue and and his unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] started...
Strausbaugh, Leo Combat on Suluan Island
Leo V. Strausbaugh's mission [Annotator's Note: as part of Company B, 6th Ranger Battalion] on Suluan [Annotator's Note...
Colburn, George Combat on the Cliffs of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: George Colburn had his first combat kill in a cave on Iwo Jima, Japan in February 1945.] There was a...
Dietrick, Alfred Combat on the Mountain
Night began to fall [Annotator's Note: on Monte Sambucaro or Sammucro, Italy; December 1943], and a runner came to get...
Smith, Thomas Combat on Tinian
Tinian was only about nine days [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tinian, 24 July to 1 August 1944, Tinian, Mariana Islands...
Gilbert, Lawrence Combat Operations Around Anzio
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 1st Ranger Battalion] were sent out again...
Peterson, Carl Combat Operations in North Africa
They shipped out in late September [Annotator's Note: September 1942] and landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942....
Finkbeiner, Theodore Combat Operations on Mainland Italy
Theodore Finkbeiner [Annotator's Note: as a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Notebaert, Richard Combat Over Austria
One of the times Richard Notebaert met with serious resistance occurred when he was on a mission to Wiener Neustadt,...
Gohlke, Marvin Combat Patrol
Marvin H. Gohlke was on a combat patrol. They were supposed to get an object or area. He was on the extreme left flank...
Killilea, Kenneth Combat Performance
Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...
Schultz, Philip Combat Photography Team
Philip Schultz was a combat cameraman and part of a team that filmed the wartime action [Annotator’s Note: Schultz was...
Miksa, Robert Combat Recognitions and Grief
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] received the Silver Star, Bronze Star with an arrowhead and the Purple Heart...
Wilkes, R. "Bud" Combat Reflections
After finishing ASTP [Annotator's Note: Army Special Training Program], R.M. Wilkes was not sent back to the engineers...
Wilson, Paul Combat Reflections
Paul Wilson joined the 17th Airborne [Annotator's Note: Company A, 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...
Hurley, Wallace Combat Scouting
Wallace Hurley seldom knew where he was when he was in combat. He entered France and fought there before crossing into...
Smith, Thomas Combat Stories
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was looking forward to seeing the enemy. The Marines were under the Navy. After training, they...
Schwartz, Bill Combat Stories
Bill Schwartz [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division] calls his combat...
Kitts, James Combat to Race Car Driver
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Albert Kitts what it was like to be in combat for the first time.] It was...
Pigott, Terrell Combat with General Patton
Terrell Lavern Pigott reached Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France in November 1944]. He was to be attached to...
Yackel, Eugene Combat with the 103rd Infantry Division
Combat is something Eugene Yackel will never forget. They [Annotator's Note: 103rd Infantry Division] moved out in...
Foster, Robert Combat, Fear, and Death
The first time somebody shoots at you, the bullet pops when it goes past your head. Robert E. Foster remembers that...
Orlando, Joseph Combat, Saipan and Being Anti-War
Joseph Orlando was assigned to Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot, Hingham, Massachusetts to be a Drill Instructor but it...
Jefferson, Alexander Combat, Shot Down, Stalags and Liberation
Alexander Jefferson's plane name was "Bubble Blue Subsoil." [Annotator's Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Nicholson, Elmer Combat, VE-Day, and Losing His Brother
Elmer Nicholson, Jr. remembers the Germans had patrols. Both sides knew they were not going anywhere. The Germans did...
Cross, William Combating against the Germans
William V. Cross [Annotator’s Note: with the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division] made passage to France on...
Raaen, John Coming Ashore on D-Day
John Raaen landed after the first wave [Annotator's Note: on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944]. The first wave had...
Cart, William "Bill" Coming Home
William Cart returned to the United States in January 1946. If Cart was going to be in a dogfight, he would have...
Buckner, Jack Coming Home
After being promoted to captain and finishing his last bombing mission, Jack Buckner left his group [Annotator's Note:...

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