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Scholl, Richard Wild Boar and Fear on New Guinea
Richard Scholl arrived in New Guinea to constant rain. They were experimenting with canvas boots. They would wear them...
Dendy, Lloyd Woodlark Island Bombings
Lloyd Dendy stayed in Australia about two months [Annotator's Note: April to June 1943]. He did a lot of night training...
Johnson, Malcolm Woosung Prison Camp
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....
Libby, Dolores Working for Consolidated Vultee
Dolores McInnis Libby applied to work [Annotator's Note: at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] because she had a friend...
Kiefer, Keith Working with Contaminated Soils
[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...
Burnett, Marshall Working with the Local People
After Marshall Burnett was released from the hospital where he had been recovering from typhus [Annotator's Note: also...
Sparacino, Paul World War 2 Veteran Family Members
Paul Sparacino's father was in the Army [Annotator's Note: during World War 2] but did not really talk about it....
Lewis, Karen Worsening Conditions & Liberation
Karen K. Lewis and her parents were interned at Santo Tomas Internment Camp [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
Kitts, James Wounded and Hospitalized
[Annotator's Note: James Albert Kitts took part in the Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16...
Alspaugh, James Wounded and Hospitalized
About 2 December [Annotator's Note: 2 December 1944] James Alspaugh and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 102nd Infantry...
Twigger, William Wounded and Recovery
William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...
Parker, William Wounded and Redeployed
After the D-Day invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], William "...
Cruise, Leslie Wounded During the Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continually refers to a book that he has off camera.] During Operation Market Garden [...
Ericson, John Wounded during the Battle of the Bulge
John Ericson and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...
Dahlberg, Melvin Wounded During the Battle of the Bulge
Melvin Dahlberg and the 517th Parachute Regiment Combat Team [Annotator's Note: 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment] went...
Spaulding, Arthur Wounded in a Mortar Battle
Arthur Spaulding and his squad [Annotator's Note: in 2nd Platoon, Company B, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion] were...
Fallon, John Wounded in Anzio
John T. Fallon was wounded at Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944, Anzio, Italy]....
Landwehr, Carl Wounded in Brittany
Carl Landwehr arrived in Southampton, England on D-Day [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June...
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...
Phillips, Robert Wounded Medics
[Annotator's Note: Robert Philips served in the Army as a combat medic in the 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry...
Lopez, Lionel Wounded on Leyte
Lionel Lopez went to Leyte Island in the Philippines. He stayed on the beach with equipment. On the second day,...
Wells, Kenneth Wounded on Okinawa
On 11 June 1945, Kenneth Dwight Wells and his company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment...
Johnson, Burton Wounded on Okinawa
Burton "Burt" Johnson was on Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands with the 1st Marine Division]. He never...
Hall, Clayton Wounded on Peleliu
Clayton Hall was pinned down [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
Angst, Lawrence Wounds and Suicides
The first thing that Lawrence Angst would do if he came to a soldier missing a limb was try to stop the bleeding. He...
Davis, Jack Wrapping up the War
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
A soldier takes preventitive measures to keep his feet healthy in Luxembourg on 26 January 1945
A soldier takes preventitive measures to keep his feet healthy. Official caption: "ETO HQ 45 10481 26 Jan. Credit...US...
A U.S. Army jeep drawing drinking water from a tank that had been chlorinated at Fort Benning on 11 October 1944
1742. '11 Oct 44. Paik. Jeep from 66th Reg 71st Div, drawing drinking water from tank that had been chlorinated. 168-L-...
African American soldiers reading medical signs, Hollandia, 1944
Photograph. Seven African American soldiers reading two signs posted outside of a tent; one soldier is wearing a...
An Italian soldier uses an X-ray unit to conduct a tuberculosis screening on a boy, Italy, 1945
Photograph. An Italian soldier using an X-ray unit to conduct a tuberculosis screening for a boy. Official Caption: "...
Civilian man, "Mr. King", in front of Red Cross tents in North Africa, 1942-43
Civilian man near Red Cross tents with a Red Cross flag at foreground tent and a Chaplain's Flag at background tent. "...
Dispensary tent at Gambut Air Base in Libya, January 1943
Pyramid-roofed tent with servicemen standing outside. "Dispensary Gambut Jan [January] 43 [1943]."Dispensary, Gambut [...
Doctor administering radioactive sodium phosphate to a patient in a hospital bed, St. Louis, Missouri, 1945
Photograph. Doctor administering radioactive sodium phosphate to a patient in a hospital bed. Official Caption: "Here a...
Flight surgeon in front of a B-29, Saipan, 1944
Slide. Flight surgeon standing in front of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress while other airmen perform maintenance. Isley...

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