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Curtis, William W. Invasion of Normandy
At about nine that night, the captain told William Curtis and the rest of the crew to put their gas gear on and they...
Rhoads, Benjamin "Dusty" Invasion of Normandy
Benjamin "Dusty" Rhoads went across the channel [Annotator's Note: English Channel] on an LCI [Annotator's Note:...
Connelly, William Invasion of Normandy
Bill Connelly [Annotator's Note: with the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th...
Schwartz, Bill Invasion of Normandy
Bill Schwartz was assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division as a platoon commander and sent to a...
Blatnik, Robert Invasion of Normandy and Liberation of Liege
Upon his release from the hospital [Annotator's Note: in Palermo, Sicily], rotation orders were cancelled and Robert...
Tyson, Marvin Invasion of Okinawa
Marvin Tyson was in Little Creek, Virginia [Annotator's Note: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, now Joint...
Ducharme, O'Neill Invasion of Okinawa
After 29 days aboard ship, O’Neil Ducharme landed at Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. Upon...
Campbell, Donald Invasion of Okinawa
From Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Donald Campbell and the USS LST-809 prepared for the invasion of...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Invasion of Peleliu
For the invasion of Peleliu, Charles Womack and the other Marines transferred off the ship into amtracs [Annotator's...
Sullivan, George Invasion of Peleliu
George Joseph Sullivan went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau] in the invasion of the Philippines. There was...
Young, James Invasion of Peleliu
James Franklin Young was shipped from Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands] to Peleliu [Annotator's Note:...
Nelson, Philip Invasion of Peleliu, Leyte, and Okinawa
After the invasion of Guam [Annotator's Note: the Battle of Guam, 21 July to 10 August 1944; Guam, Mariana Islands],...
Sullivan, George Invasion of Saipan
George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...
Schilling, Ira Invasion of Saipan
Ira Schilling and his outfit of assault engineers landed in the third wave during the invasion of Saipan. They landed...
Hughes, Lowell Invasion of Salerno
Lowell Hughes was part of the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. His primary duty as part of the 120th Engineer Combat...
Poliseno, Dominick Invasion of Sicily
Dominick Frank Poliseno says that although the newer Rangers were trained by, and got along well enough with the older...
Spaetgens, William Invasion of Sicily
William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Invasion of Sicily
Theodore Finkbeiner jumped into Sicily on the first night of the invasion [Annotator's Note: 9 July 1943]. His plane...
Hatch, Norman Invasion of Tarawa
When the 2nd Marine Division shipped out from New Zealand only the battalion commanders knew the specifics of the...
Bale, Edward Invasion of Tarawa
Edward Bale and his Marine Corps Medium Tank Company were told that the enemy resistance on the island of Tarawa would...
Schilling, Ira Invasion of Tarawa
Ira Schilling and most of his comrades in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment changed a great deal after the...
Radice, Gerard Invasion of the Marshall Islands
Gerard V. Radice and his division [Annotator's Note: 7th Infantry Division] left Attu [Annotator's Note: Attu Island,...
Finkelstein, Jacob Invasion, Genocide and Sobibor
The Russians invaded the section of Poland inhabited by Jacob Finkelstein prior to the Germans entering his town. The...
Witmer, Donald Invasions of Leyte, Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Donald Witmer said the Japanese decided on a last-gasp attempt at interrupting the invasion of Leyte with three prongs...
Callender, Alvin Invasions of Sicily and Italy
From Gozo Air Field on the island of Malta, Alvin Callender flew patrols in support of the invasion of Sicily. On the...
Denzler, Edward Involvement in Major Battles
In discussing the Battle of Mogaung, Burma [Annotator's Note: now Mogaung, Myanmar], Edward Denzler noted that most of...
Fagerstrom, Stanley Island Hopping
Stanley Fagerstrom left New Guinea on 15 November 1944. The Japanese came across the Pacific in the beginning. They...
Lutz, William Island Hopping
William Lutz remembers the battles on Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines] were not bad. One man got out of...
Gafford, Walter Island Hopping Campaign
Walter Bud Gafford [Annotator's Note: while serving aboard the USS Maryland (BB-46)] witnessed combat off Okinawa [...
Gilbert, Lawrence Italian Campaign
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 1st Ranger Battalion] were able to secure a...
Koukos, Harry Italian Campaign
Just before Christmas 1943, Harry Koukos landed in the Naples-Salerno area of Italy and while disembarking, a German...
Maxwell, Robert Italian Campaign and Being Wounded
Robert Maxwell was sent to western Sicily to defend an airfield along with General Patton's [Annotator's Note: US Army...
Clark, Merrill Italian Spring Offensive
Merrill J. Clark made a slit trench and put half a tent over the top of it [Annotator's Note: in Italy with Company K,...
Peters, Bernard Italy
Bernard Peters still has some of the daily news sheets they put out regarding the war. They had to zig-zag [Annotator's...
Banghart, William Italy
William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits. In the letters he wrote, he put...
Boitnott, Monty Italy
Monty Joe Boitnott loaded transports with over 250,000 prisoners. Some of the prisoners were kept in North Africa for...

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