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Ward, Harold Segment 4
Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon they...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 4
When they were in the prisoner of war camp in Serbia the Serbs would go out on work details. Milosevich was able to...
Spencer, David Segment 4
David Paul Spencer carried a .30 caliber M1 carbine. When he was in his hole and woke up to four dead Krauts around him...
Akins, Robert Segment 4
When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...
Bailey, Herman Segment 4
Bailey was assigned to unloading ships. When he wasn't unloading ships he was walking around. He couldn't stay still....
Kuroki, Ben Segment 4
Ben Kuroki was amazed that he only saw one Japanese Zero [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, also known...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 4
Deploying overseas was the first time Stegmeier had ever left the country and it was interesting for him. When they...
Lazarick, Len Segment 5
When Lazarick got back to his outfit on 5 December [Annotator's Note: 5 December 1944] they were up in the hills. The...
Baker, Dan Segment 5
Dan Baker crossed the Rhine River at Worms over a pontoon bridge. They waited on the German side for two weeks before...
Brissie, Lou Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Lou Brissie served in the army as an infantryman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment...
Murphy, Robert Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 5
The Gothic Line goes all the way across Italy. The area where Mancel Kirk and his Company G, 168th Infantry Regiment...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 5
Barney Old Coyote’s unit received Presidential Unit Citations for the job they did in bombing bases in the...
Quintana, Ben Segment 5
At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotator’s Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...
Ward, Harold Segment 5
The USS San Francisco (CA-38) replenished and headed down towards the Coral Sea. They raided New Guinea airport and the...
Disanza, William Segment 5
William Disanza was happy to straighten the propeller issue out and get a new one back on. That was an experience they...
Spencer, David Segment 5
David Paul Spencer was not afraid much. It may be strange to hear. In the infantry they just accepted what was going on...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 5
Leisey recalls having to do sponge ball therapy so he could build up the strength up in his hand. He has problems...
Baker, Dan Segment 6
Dan Baker and his men moved towards Munich with greater ease because they did not have winter weather to contend with...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 6
The 2nd Division took Leipzig, Germany. It was heavily fortified. In Leipzig they found doorways and stairways that led...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 6
They [Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote and his older bother] went to gunnery school and did not know where they were...
Ward, Harold Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 6
During the first attack the Germans walked toward Milosevich's position. No tanks were sent at them for fear that they...
Akins, Robert Segment 6
Robert Akins oversaw some work details [Annotator's Note: overseeing Japanese soldiers in China after the war ended and...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 6
Charles Scheffel met up with the 9th Infantry Division near the airport in Algiers. It was the 9th Division's job to...
Starnes, James Segment 6
Starnes has thought about the night the USS Boise ambushed the Tokyo Express many times. He had a sense of apprehension...
Deen, Braswell Segment 6
The Japanese had steel, concrete, and coral bunkers all over the island [Annotator’s Note: Peleliu, September 1944]....
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 6
James Smith recalled that the Japanese attacked at around nine that night and things were going bad. A number of...
Zawada, Robert Segment 7
Zawada recalls the battle at the Shafenburg bridge just before the Hammelburg Raid. His platoon remained in the town of...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 7
Alexander Vraciu and the other members of his squadron [Annotators Note: Fighting Squadron 16 (VF 16)] were in their...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 7
Barney Old Coyote’s crew was credited with sinking a submarine; it was not an individual accolade. The escort would...
Ward, Harold Segment 7
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 7
Vejtasa made several raids prior to the Battle of the Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: 4-8 May 1942]. After Tulagi, they...
Bailey, Herman Segment 7
Bailey and the Marines got there [Annotator's Note: Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa] on the 11th [Annotator's Note: 11 June 1945...
Deen, Braswell Segment 7
Deen recalls thinking how lucky he was that he was not killed on the first day [Annotator’s Note: 15 September 1944 on...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 7
They [Annotator’s Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...

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