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Wilson, Donald The Battle of Midway
Donald Wilson applied for flight training. When he received transfer orders for him to leave the USS New Orleans (CA-32...
Hutchinson, Louis The Battle of Okinawa
Before the Marines landed on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) bombarded the...
Cawley, David J. The Battle of Santa Cruz
[Annotator's Note: David Cawley, a gunner with Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10) flying from the USS Enterprise (CV-6), is...
Buell, Harold "Hal" The Battle of Santa Cruz
Harold Buell returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: after flying with the "Cactus Airforce" off Henderson Field on...
Bertucci, George The Battle of Surigao Strait
George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the Battle of Surigao Strait. The new and more...
Davis, Jack The Battle of the Bulge
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Stefaniak, Joe The Battle of the Bulge
After the peninsula was captured, Joseph Stefaniak and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th...
Venverloh, Joseph The Battle of the Bulge
Joseph Venerloh was informed about the Battle of the Bulge from a notice on a bulletin board while they were in a rest...
Jameson, Andrew The Battle of the Bulge Begins
Andrew George Jameson's first assignment in Holland was a failure. They [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion,...
Lowe, Robert The Battle Was On
[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe was with the 1st Defense Battalion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.] They were on a guard duty...
Pizzolongo, Paul The Bronze Star, Performance of Duties and Losing Friends
Paul Pizzolongo received a Bronze Star for his work as a medic. He had the Medical Caduceus, Combat Medic Badge, and...
Mason, Raymond The Build-Up Force
Raymond Mason remembers that his commanding officer had to make sure people knew that he was the boss. He understood...
Van Eaton, Jack The Bulge
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off camera prompting the interviewee to answer the interviewer’s questions...
Breard, Reneau The Bulge
Reneau Breard [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] was...
Claassen, Gerald The Bulge
Gerald Claassen was sent overseas to Europe and assigned to the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, 28th Infantry Division...
Hoehn, Basil The Bulge and into Germany
Basil C. Hoehn and his unit [Annotator’s Note: with the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion] set up in the woods outside of...
Gohlke, Marvin The Bulge and Siegfried Line
Marvin H. Gohlke went to basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia. The ASTP [Annotator's Note: generally referred to...
Paege, Harry The Bulge and the Russians
Harry George Paege, Junior's Division [Annotator's Note: Paege was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 415th Infantry...
Combs, Monroe The Bulge and War's End
[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] In December 1944, Monroe "Tex" Combs [Annotator'...
O'Brien, Richard The Bulge and War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee shows the camera several pictures while he talks about events of World War 2.] In...
Sapp, Walter The Bulge Begins
Walter Sapp's company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division]...
Evans, Donald The Bulge then Germany
Donald Evans stayed with his division [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] through the Bulge...
Staymates, Arthur The Bulge then Germany and POWs
Arthur Staymates fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The Americans were constantly advancing through and fighting over...
Stefaniak, Joe The Bulge to Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Stephaniak served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute...
Medway, Irwin The Bulge, Christmas, and Remagen Bridge
Irwin Medway was the runner for his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th...
Bucher, Francis The Campaign in the Aleutian Islands and Squeaky Anderson
The invasion of Attu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Attu, Alaska, 11 to 30 May 1943] was made with fresh troops from the...
Shirley, John The Cassino Front
John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...
Burchell, Raymond The Causeway
Raymond Burchell remembers seeing many young men in the German Army. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf...
Dillon, Gerard The Day Before D-Day
Gerard Dillon learned from working with General Howell [Annotator's Note: US Army Brigadier General George P. Howell]...
Spinato, Angelo The Day Before the Bulge
A lot of Angelo Joseph Spinato's time in Belgium [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 4th Platoon, 2nd battalion, 394th...
Haines, Joseph The Dead on Okinawa
Joseph Haines was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Japan] from 9 May to December [Annotator's Note: 1945]. Truman [...
Nolan, Warren The Decks Explode
Warren Nolan had been on bridge watch from 12 to four [Annotator's Note: midnight to four o'clock in the morning] on...
Carver, Jack The Enemy in the Ardennes
Jack Carver participated in the Battle of the Bulge when SS Panzer Divisions attacked green American units in the...
Riedl, Edward The Filipinos
Edward Riedl thought the people [Annotator's Note: he is referring to the people on Leyte, Philippines] seemed...
Billingsley, James The Filipinos
James Billingsley worked with Filipino forces. He was in the middle of it, and was pulled out. There was a Filipino...
Asher, Adolph The French Front
Adolph Edward Asher went to France to fight at Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

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