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Ferrier, Harry Segment 4
Ferrier was given a weekend pass and stayed at the Royal Hawaiian hotel. At the hotel Ferrier did not talk to many...
Murphy, Robert Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 4
When they left St. Lo, they were in dairy and farming country. The farms were laid out in squares and there were mounds...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 4
After the war started their NCO [Annotator's Note: non- commissioned officer] went to Pan Am station and brought back...
Brooks, Howard Segment 4
Brooks and the other sailor were loaded into the truck and taken to a small camp with other POWs. In the area were some...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 4
Another frightening experience Gravois had was during the Battle of the Matanikau River. For the battle they [Annotator...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 4
Mancel Kirk and his fellow Company G, 168th Infantry Regiment GIs stayed in that area for four or five days then they...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 4
Afterwards, Paluch saw Peiper [Annotator's Note: Jochen Peiper, field officer in the Waffen-SS and personal adjutant to...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 4
The GI that helped Currey with the bazooka was Adam Lucero.Currey recalled the events of the actions that lead to him...
Quintana, Ben Segment 4
Bloody Ridge had other names but that night it was officially named Bloody Ridge. It was the one spot that the Japanese...
Jackson, Donald Segment 4
In Africa they were out in the desert were the French Foreign Legion was training and were headquartered. They worked...
Henderson, William Segment 4
They got to the target [Annotator’s Note: Burma railway] at 9:00 in the morning and no other aircraft were there. They...
De Mers, William Segment 4
They kept moving up trying to find the Japanese [Annotator's Note: on the island of New Guinea]. There was a supply...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 4
[Annotators Note: John Vessey served in the army as the First Sergeant of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 4
The 2nd plane [Annotator’s Note: the 2nd kamikaze on 10 May 1945] that hit them hit the after engine room. He came in...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 4
Biddle was not allowed to return to combat because he was being put up for the Medal of Honor. He was told that he had...
Christie, Robert Segment 4
Robert Christie was in combat for a few weeks before his tank was hit. They had to bail out of their tank. He was not...
Woods, Edward Segment 4
Of all the ports Woods visited he liked Panama the best because it was like being back at home. There was a good...
Hawk, John Segment 4
Hawk arrived in England and took a C-47 across the English Channel to France. His aircraft landed on an airstrip on the...
Spencer, David Segment 4
David Paul Spencer carried a .30 caliber M1 carbine. When he was in his hole and woke up to four dead Krauts around him...
Akins, Robert Segment 4
When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Charles Scheffel served in the army as an infantry officer. He was sent to England with five other...
Rall, Gunther Segment 4
On 12 May 1944, there was a big air raid with 800 bombers and top cover from Hub Zemke and his wolf pack. They came...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 4
When Richard Candelaria returned to base he did rolls to signify his victories. The crew chiefs could tell that the...
Keema, John Segment 4
John Keema and his group arrived in Framlingham in mid-July around the time of the Hamburg raids. Keema got to go into...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 4
Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...
Bailey, Herman Segment 4
Bailey was assigned to unloading ships. When he wasn't unloading ships he was walking around. He couldn't stay still....
Gatewood, Joel Segment 4
Off in the distance they could hear dogs barking. They knew that they were being searched for. They were sitting around...
Zager, Raymond Segment 4
Raymond Zager crossed the Rhine River into Austria. The Third Army had laid down a blanket of fog to cover the convoy....
Ehlers, Walter Segment 4
Ehlers, the interviewer, and a third party are talking during a brief break they took when the interviewer’s cell phone...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 4
Vernon wore a ring. Hershel Williams also wore a ring that was to remind him of his engagement to his fiancee Ruby....
Gibbons, John Segment 4
When John Gibbons arrived over Berlin that day [Annotators Note: 6 March 1944] the flak was incredibly intense. Gibbons...
Carrington, James Segment 4
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 4
The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 4
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 4
Ploesti, Romania was a well known target. The group had gone there several times and had some substantial losses there...

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