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Reynolds, Harley The first 3 days in Sicily
Harley Reynolds recognizes that the invasion [Annotators Note: the invasion of Sicily] was fairly easy in terms of...
Renstrom, Keith The First Few Days on Iwo Jima
When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...
Kirkpatrick, Otto The First Mission
Otto Kirkpatrick was born in October 1921 in Marianna, Arkansas. In the summer of 1943, he graduated from navigation...
Urice, Joe The First Missions
Joel Urice was assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment...
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,...
Colbert, Hugh The Germans Attack
On the evening of 15 December 1944, the night before the Germans opened up the massive offensive referred to as the...
Duff, Clarence The Great Depression to the Invasion of Saipan
Clarence Robert Duff was born in 1923 in the farm country of North Dakota. He was one of nine children. His family was...
Nolan, Warren The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot
Warren Nolan was aboard the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) in the Mariana Islands campaign [Annotator’s Note: June to November...
Lents, Robert The Guards and the Guarded
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lents if he and the other prisoners of war had nicknames for their...
Burns, Lloyd The Hammelburg Raid
[Annotator's Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Oflag XIII-B in Hammelburg, Germany.] One afternoon, Lloyd...
Hoff, Donald The Hiryu Carrier at Midway
Donald Hoff's [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...
Murphy, Alfred The Horrors of Flak
For Alfred Pierse Murphy, the most difficult part of succeeding in a bombing mission was the flak [Annotator's Note:...
Flannigan, James The Hurtgen Forest and the Distinguished Service Cross
Asked to recall his worst memories of the Hurtgen Forest, James Flannigan replied, "The day I went in, 'til the day I...
Henleben, Edwin The Invasion of Attu
Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...
Fiore, Dominick The Invasion of Normandy
Dominic Fiore [Annotator's Note: with the 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division] arrived overseas, stationed at...
Mayer, Philip The Invasion of Okinawa
Philip Mayer had been in the Pacific for 30 months and was in the assault wave on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...
Callander, Sherwin The Invasions of Morocco, Salerno and Normandy
In the Atlantic, Sherwin Callander was on the USS Lyon (AP-71), a transport ship that brought troops and supplies to...
Finn, John The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
John Finn was on the opposite side of the island from Pearl Harbor, at Kaneohe Bay, and he heard terrible explosions,...
Morgan, Fred The Jump into Normandy
Fred B. Morgan, Junior [Annotator's Note: a medic with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry...
Marr, John W The Jump into Normandy
John W. Marr and the men of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment loaded into their transport airplanes on the evening...
Houston, Jack The Knoll
[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...
Dendy, Lloyd The Korean War and Parting Thoughts
Lloyd Dendy met the toughest guy ever in Korea. He had been hit in the cheek by shrapnel and lost a lot of his teeth....
Stewart, Roy The Last Days on Iwo Jima
Roy Stewart's unit [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] got word that there would be a...
Brewer, Chester The Last Missions
[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer served in the USAAF as a tail gunner aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers...
Kinney, Gabriel The Leeches were Worse than the Japanese
Gabriel Kinney occasionally encountered Burmese civilians. For the most part the natives did not care who they were....
Smith, Jacques The Leyte Campaign
Jacques Brewster Smith says Elmer Fryar [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] was the company [Annotator's Note:...
Crosby, Thomas The Liberation of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp
On the evening of 3 February 1945, Thomas Crosby had gone to get hot water for his room monitor to drink a cup of hot...
Schmitt, Warren The Malmedy Massacre
[Annotators Note: Warren Schmitt was a forward observer in Battery B, 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion.]...
Thomason, David The Mariana Islands and the Battle of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: David Thomason served in the Navy aboard the destroyer USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733).] They went...
Burke, Murphy The Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands and the Mission After Darkness
The USS Yarnell (DD-541) first met the enemy, according to Murphy Burke, at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands...
Guidone, Frank The Matanikau
[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]Guidone...
West, Gerald L. The Matanikau and Leaving Guadalcanal
Gerald West walked back two miles to the main camp and Edson [Annotator's Note: USMC Colonel, later Major General,...
Sakato, George The Medal of Honor
During the actions that led to George Sakato receiving the Medal of Honor, he wondered what he was doing here and why...
Coolidge, Charles The Medal of Honor and Combat Stories
Charles Coolidge took sheep into a minefield instead of sending men through it to be sure there were no mines. Early in...
Wayne, William The Men at Iwo Jima
William Wayne says that Iwo Jima, Japan is shaped like a shoe. The part he was on was deep, thick, volcanic ash that...
Douglas, Walter The Merseburg Mission
Walter Douglas recalled a flight surgeon okayed one of his crewmen for a mission that he was not ready for. He also...

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