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Jaccarino, Richard Wounded at the Tanabaru Escarpment
One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...
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...
Willhour, Dick Wounded in Action
Richard "Dick" Willhour returned from a rest camp as the outfit [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Division] was moving...
Gohlke, Marvin Wounded in Action
Marvin H. Gohlke was out of his foxhole about an hour before nightfall. He heard the Germans were firing mortars at...
Griffis, James Wounded in Action
James A. Griffis was in Belgium and Holland [Annotator's Note: with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 414th Infantry Regiment,...
Nannini, James Wounded in France
James Nannini participated in the Normandy Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
Evans, Donald Wounded in France
The Germans had the Americans up a tree for six weeks after the landing [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion...
Pugh, Glover Wounded in Italy and Postwar
Glover Pugh [Annotator's Note: serving with the 10th Mountain Division] arrived in Italy [Annotator's Note: in December...
Petrus, Andrew Wounded in Okinawa
On Easter morning, 1 April 1945, Andrew Petrus [Annotator's Note: with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Wounded in the Hurtgen Forest
Bernard Hillenbrand and his division [Annotator's Note: Hillenbrand was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 18th...
Wayne, William Wounded on Day Three
On his second day on Iwo Jima, Japan, William Wayne and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th...
Lewis, Roger Wounded on Guam
Roger A. Lewis went to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] for training. Then they [Annotator'...
Donovan, Robert Wounded on Leyte
Robert L. Donovan did not rely on his faith as much as people would think. He did not find himself praying very often....
Bender, Harry Wounded on Okinawa
Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion,...
Johnson, Burton Wounded on Okinawa
Burton "Burt" Johnson was on Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands with the 1st Marine Division]. He never...
Wesighan, Fred Wounded on Okinawa
Fred Wesighan and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
Simons, F.M. Young People at War
F.M. Richard Simons' worst memories are of the cold and the fear of falling asleep in his foxhole. They had wire with...
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers digging a foxhole near a large vertical rock at Holtz Bay and Chichagof Bay on Attu, Aleutian Islands in May 1943
32nd Infantry Regiment soldiers digging foxhole near large vertical rock. '"[illegible] Chichagof from East Arm."' East...
7th Infantry Division soldiers in foxhole at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldiers in foxhole. 'W-CPA-44-112-AK. 1/44. Young. 7th Div. Infantrymen searching for a Jap...
A small airfield with sandbagged foxholes in foreground in 1945 in Germany
5th Armored Division in Germany. Small airfield, sandbagged foxholes in foreground in 1945.
A soldier uses his entrenching tool to dig a foxhole on Guadalcanal in 1943
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A soldier uses his entrenching tool to dig a foxhole on Guadalcanal. "U.S....
A soldier uses his M1 helmet to fig a foxhole on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1943
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A soldier uses his M1 helmet to fig a foxhole on Guadalcanal, the soldier behind...
Aerial view of American entrenchments, Scauri, Italy, 1944
Photograph, aerial. View of American entrenchments and craters from dozens of dropped bombs. Official caption on front...
American tanks and Marines fighting on the front, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
American M4 Sherman tanks, and--in the foreground--one Marine with a .30 caliber machine gun and another with a M1918...
Antiaircraft guns in foxholes near a small US airfield in Germany in 1945
5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945. Antiaircraft guns in foxholes near small US airfield.
Brazilian Infantrymen take time out to read their mail in fox holes on the Italian front in December 1944
542.Photograph. '11 Dec 1944. BEF/5/MM-44-31384. Fifth Army, Italy. Brazilian Infantrymen take time out to read their...
British soldiers take cover behind rock forts on Monastery Hill, Cassino, Italy, 1943
Photograph. British soldiers take cover behind rock forts on a steep mountainside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-...
Bucher in foxhold on U.S. airfield in Italy in 1945
93.Photograph. Bucher's head visible from deep, narrow foxhole/trench on airfield; American B-17 bombers in background...
Camouflaged foxhole
Photograph. A deep foxhole covered by tree branches and other foliage. Location unknown. No date
Four G.I.s digging foxholes on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 9 March 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Four G.I.s digging foxholes on Guadalcanal. "U.S. soldiers dig in on Guadalcanal...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
777. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
778. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
780. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
772. Two officers examining foxhole construction during training exercises. '3-7-44. Von Stroheim. L to R: Lt Col...
Foxhole training exercises near Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 7 March 1944
773. US serviceman inside foxhole; preparing to be rolled over by 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage / M7 Priest during...

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