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Denius, Franklin "Frank" Winning the battle for Hill 314
[Annotators Note: Franklin Denius was an artillery forward observer in Battery C, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Wins and Losses
Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...
Hihn, Stewart Winter 1944 in Eastern France
Stewart Hihn's unit [Annotator's Note: 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] was transferred from 7th [...
Wayne, William With The Wounded
William Wayne ran into a corpsman who was sitting with a guy who was wounded in the stomach. Wayne told them they could...
Carraway, Myron Witness to Pearl Harbor Attack
Myron J. Carraway was waiting for breakfast when the Pearl Harbor attack began [Annotator's Note: Carraway was aboard...
Dabney, William G. Witnessing war
William Dabney had a couple of close calls when they were on the beach. A bomb fell and scared a lot of people. It left...
Dendy, Lloyd Woodlark Island Bombings
Lloyd Dendy stayed in Australia about two months [Annotator's Note: April to June 1943]. He did a lot of night training...
Connelly, William Working with Counterintelligence
After serving as MP [Annotator's Note: Military Police in the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry...
Grugett, George Worst Bombing Mission
George Grugett was on a mission to Trento [Annotator's Note: Trento, Italy]. They were going into the Brenner Pass [...
Wayne, William Worst Experiences
William Wayne has two bad memories of Iwo [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan]. The first was going across open land and...
Zarger, Edward Worst Firefight
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Edward Zarger what his worst battle was.] The day he was wounded in the leg, 6...
Dillon, Gerard Worst Number of Casualties
On the morning of D plus 4 [Annotator's Note: 10 June 1944], the 90th Infantry Division moved into the area where...
Caponigro, John Wounded a Second Time
After the Battle of the Bulge they went into combat in Germany where John Caponigro was wounded again. After being...
Scheerer, Richard Wounded and Evacuated
When Richard Scheerer was hit he had shell fragments in the heart sack and his left lung. They were in the hedgerows at...
Kitts, James Wounded and Hospitalized
[Annotator's Note: James Albert Kitts took part in the Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16...
Alspaugh, James Wounded and Hospitalized
About 2 December [Annotator's Note: 2 December 1944] James Alspaugh and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 102nd Infantry...
Jameson, Andrew Wounded and Out of Combat
For Andrew George Jameson [Annotator's Note: with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry...
Foster, Robert Wounded and Patton
In December [Annotator's Note: December 1945], the Germans made their last effort to break through the Allied lines in...
Parker, William Wounded and Redeployed
After the D-Day invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], William "...
McGee, George Wounded and Returning Home
The first time George Wesley McGee and the 109th Evacuation Hospital set up their temporary hospital was near Saint-Lo...
Bassett, Billy Wounded and War's End
Billy P. Bassett and his unit [Annotator's Note: 11th Armored Division] headed into combat during the Battle of the...
Wilson, James Wounded at Guadalcanal
James Wilson landed in Wellington, New Zealand [Annotator's Note: on 11 July 1942] and it was cold and raining. They [...
Hall, Clayton Wounded at Peleliu then Home
Clayton Hall and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were...
Townsend, Joseph Wounded at Sea
Joseph Townsend went to the sick bay in Pearl [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]. Townsend was x-rayed and they...
Jaccarino, Richard Wounded at the Tanabaru Escarpment
One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...
Albertson, Arthur Wounded Behind Enemy Lines
Arthur Albertson did not get as far behind the line [Annotator's Note: the German line] as he thought he could. He got...
Halpern, Gerard Wounded by German Artillery
Gerard Halpern was with the I and R Platoon [Annotators Note: the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon of the 180th...
Yates, Herman Wounded by Mortars
Herman Yates was asked to go on reconnaissance with an officer and a driver to a little town where some Americans were...
Cruise, Leslie Wounded During the Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continually refers to a book that he has off camera.] During Operation Market Garden [...
Ericson, John Wounded during the Battle of the Bulge
John Ericson and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...
Dahlberg, Melvin Wounded During the Battle of the Bulge
Melvin Dahlberg and the 517th Parachute Regiment Combat Team [Annotator's Note: 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment] went...
Levine, Arthur Wounded During the Bulge
In December 1944, Arthur Levine [Annotator's Note: with the 30th Infantry Division] received orders to head to Stoumont...
Spaulding, Arthur Wounded in a Mortar Battle
Arthur Spaulding and his squad [Annotator's Note: in 2nd Platoon, Company B, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion] were...
Lewis, Claude Wounded in Action
Claude L. Lewis remembers they had to dig foxholes. The Germans had left big piles of sandbags. They could see the...
Lalande, Edward Wounded in Action
Edward Lalande was scared during combat but did what he had to. Oran [Annotator’s Note: Oran, Algeria, Africa] was a...
Dole, Robert Wounded in Action
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole, American veteran and politician] was wounded in...

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