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Ward, Harold Segment 3
Harold Ward found out that the man on the other side of the headphones died about six years ago. Ward wore the...
Baynham, James Segment 3
The only thing Baynham recalls about any of his missions except for Dessau was the flak.The day after he was shot down...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 3
Milosevich was informed that he had a daughter while he was still aboard ship to England. He thought about his child...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 3
James did not realize that he was shot right away. He knew he was hit but the pain did not register. He went down below...
Crain, Joe Segment 3
Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...
Spencer, David Segment 3
David Paul Spencer’s first day of combat was not too eventful. There was a pretty decent firefight and his unit had a...
Akins, Robert Segment 3
One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 3
When Charles Scheffel became a platoon leader, he used all of the ammunition that they could teaching his men about...
Mann, Karl Segment 3
A few days after arriving in Naples, Italy, Mann was shipped up to Anzio on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship,...
Weinart, John Segment 3
John Weinart crossed the Rhine River and headed into southern Germany. They would frequently ride on tanks. Weinart...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 3
The 100th Battalion joined the 442nd in Italy and was their first battalion. After the battle of Bruyeres, they took...
Cokinos, Michael Segment 3
The Hartz Mountains [Annotators Note: also referred to as the Harz Mountains, Germany] contained many Hitler Youth...
Rall, Gunther Segment 3
The Americans had very qualified airplanes in the P-51 and P-47. He remembered that the P-47 could keep a higher speed...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 3
After going over the side, the boats would then form up waves of ten or twelve boats which rode around in circles until...
Bacon, Giles Segment 3
In 1940, the US Navy broke the Japanese code. On 27 November of 1941 Giles Bacon heard about a Japanese tanker that...
McClellan, James Segment 3
When he wasn't driving McClellan would stand guard. That's how he got the frozen toes; frostbite.They had three gun...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 3
Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotator’s Note: during the attack on...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 3
On 7 April [Annotators Note: 1945] the Luftwaffe put up a huge effort consisting of many types of fighters. Richard...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 3
They had also attacked the smaller fields in the area [Annotator's Note: the Japanese in the Philippines in December...
Starnes, James Segment 3
They started back to Australia to begin the process of removing the dead from the ship [Annotator’s Note: from the USS...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 3
Alexander Jefferson’s plane name was “Bubble Blue Subsoil” [Annotator’s Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 3
After Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] left Pearl Harbor for Midway she took on the Saratoga Air Group [...
Bailey, Herman Segment 3
Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...
Zager, Raymond Segment 3
To Raymond Zager the Maginot line was easily conquered. They then came to the Siegfried Line. They advanced through...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 3
15 or 20 minutes later a Chief Petty Officer came and got some men to help him fight the fires aboard the USS Cassin [...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 3
After the war ended in Africa they continued training in the desert. The men were given passes to go into Tunisia but...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 3
From late November of 1943 until Guam in 1944 Hershel Williams was engaged in a rigorous training regimen. When...
Gibbons, John Segment 3
John Gibbons does not believe that there was much gloom and doom when they were told during the briefing that the...
Carrington, James Segment 3
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 3
Stegmeier enlisted because everybody was doing it. There was a draft going on and if you didn't enlist you would be...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] They...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 3
Each crew had a tent to themselves. In the 483rd Group [Annotator’s Note: Bombardment group] there were about 20 tents....
Baker, Dan Segment 4
Dan Baker thought he was going to be captured once during the Battle of the Bulge. He was sent to deliver a message,...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 4
Loevsky washed out as a pilot and went to Navigation school. He graduated from navigation school in Hondo, Texas in...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 4
Clinton Gardner went back to England and stayed in the field hospital. He had an operation using skin from his leg to...
Shoens, Robert Segment 4
Robert Shoens was told what the plan was going to be for the Berlin raid. They went over specifics regarding flight...

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