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Stegmeier, James L. Segment 2
Stegmeier was told that he had shrapnel on his lung and that his feet appeared to be frozen. One doctor wanted to...
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...
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...
Standifer, Leon Segment 3
Standifer had been eating well and sleeping well in the hospital. He was put into a boxcar and shipped to the front. He...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 4
It was dark and they were trying to figure a way out [Annotators Note: after landing on Anzio]. They stumbled upon some...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 4
Ploesti, Romania was a well known target. The group had gone there several times and had some substantial losses there...
Kalil, Louis Segment 5
Kalil mentions moving into the positions previously occupied by the 2nd Infantry Division at Lanzareth, Belgium. Kalil...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...
Disanza, William Segment 5
William Disanza was happy to straighten the propeller issue out and get a new one back on. That was an experience they...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 5
The American prisoners were rounded up on Monkey Point [Annotators Note: American servicemen captured by the Japanese...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 5
They were interrogated in Frankfurt. They were only supposed to tell them name, rank, and serial number. A German...
Brooks, Howard Segment 6
The Japanese kept the Americans and British in separate groups until they started working on the railroad.The food was...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 6
One of Biddle's squad members was ordered to cut a piece of wire. He went up to cut the wire as ordered by an officer...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 6
When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...
Brooks, Howard Segment 7
The men got up before daylight and took their mess kits and lined up for some soup. Then they immediately lined up in...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 7
Galloway notes that as long as he was ahead of the German officers behind him he could sneak into a house. Galloway...
Kalil, Louis Segment 8
After separating Kalil from the rest of the platoon after his capture, the Germans loaded Kalil on a truck and took him...
Myers, Leroy Segment 8
Sometime in the spring of 2004 [Annotator's Note: Myers means 1944] there was a Japanese, who Myers thought had been...
Mann, Karl Segment 8
Mann's group walked to the other side of the valley to join the battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Battalion, 157th...
Myers, Leroy Segment 9
The Japanese split the camp up again. Myers thinks that after the school teacher had been to the camp he said something...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 9
The one thing that stands out the most in Milosevich's mind about the Battle of the Bulge was that he expected a bullet...
Auerbach, Herbert Service in Burma
Herbert Auerbach arrived in Bombay, India in October 1943 then went by train to northern Burma, nearly to Assam. From...
Morrison, Leila Serving in Europe
Leila Morrison was met by a two and a half ton truck [Annotator's Note: two and a half ton, six by six truck, also...
Glass, Helen Serving with the WAVES
Helen Anderson Glass was stationed in Florida at Opa-locka [Annotator's Note: part of Naval Air Station Miami]. She...
Garbo, William Several Weeks in a Hospital
After over a week in combat on a mountain ridge, William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry...
Burrus, William Siegfried Line
[Annotator's Note: Ths interview clip starts mid-question regarding the Siegfried Line, the German defensive line in...
Moran, John "Jack" Six Days in the Bulge
John Moran and the 87th Infantry Division were headed to join the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: he describes a...
Miller, Irving Southern France, the Bulge and Frostbite
Irving Miller landed in the French Riviera near Saint-Maxime [Annotator's Note: Saint-Maxime, France]. The equipment...
Shaw, Roger SS George Gayle
Roger Shaw was assigned to the SS George Gayle on the Industrial Canal while it was still being completed by the...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Stalag III-A
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld reached Stalag III-A at Frankfurt an der Oder [Annotator's Note: Frankfurt an der Oder,...
Campbell, John Sunk Twice in Icy Waters
John Campbell was on ships that sunk twice. The first one [Annotator's Note: the SS Andrew G. Curtin, sunk 1944], he...
Ledford, Robert Supplies and Equipment
During the Anzio campaign [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio; 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944; Anzio, Italy], Robert...
Hull, Lester Supply Situation and Guard Duty
[Annotator's Note: Lester Hull served in the Army as the battery clerk of Battery C, 976th Field Artillery Battalion...
Oplinger, Robert Surrender of Japan
Robert Oplinger never had issues other than sunburn from being in the water during his time as a frogman. Some of the...
Celaya, Adolfo Survival at Sea
Adolfo V. Celaya heard men who seemed to know each other [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...
Murphy, Paul Survival at Sea
Paul J. Murphy got into the water which was covered with oil and black tar [Annotator’s Note: he had just abandoned the...
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