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McClure, Herb Combat, Occupation Duty and Criminal Investigations
When he reached the front, Herb McClure was placed in a 60mm mortar squad. The ground was frozen so the soldiers couldn...
Wells, Raymond Coming Home
Raymond Wells was moved to another hospital. While there his wisdom teeth were taken out and he contracted malaria...
Sullivan, George Coming Home
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and was working as slave laborer on the...
Fallon, John Commanding Good Men
John T. Fallon lost his Colonel Lombard [Annotator's Note: of the 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] and was not the first...
Sarosi, George Commitment to Veterans
When George A. Sarosi worked at a VA Hospital, he always felt it was an extension of the university. He has enjoyed...
Maxwell, Robert Commitment to Veterans Affairs
Robert Maxwell stays busy representing veterans. He is committed to a local memorial for them. It lists names of men...
Lazinger, Sol Comrades
Sol Lazinger remembers one of his officers was marked as missing in action in every official Army record. Sixty years...
Quigley, Tom Concentration Camps and Culture Shock
After the Battle of the Bulge Tom Quigley was taken out of combat and sent to a hospital due to an injury to his back...
Kaufman, Luna Concentration Camps in Germany
Luna Kaufman was shipped to Germany to work for the same factory who owned them before [Annotator's Note: Kaufman was...
Murray, Charles Continuing the Fight
Around Christmas [Annotator's Note: Christmas 1944], Charles Murray learned that people in the hospital were being sent...
Durocher, Edmund Continuing the Fight at Coffin Corner
A call went out for volunteers and Battery H, 11th Marine Regiment sent five people to the front to help out. Three of...
Pavlovich, Theodore Contracting Malaria and the Invasion of Linguyan Gulf
Theodore Pavlovich discussed the effectiveness of the weapons he used during his time as an infantryman. He also...
Boyles, Edward Contracting Polio
One morning, shortly after Thanksgiving [Annotator's Note: 23 November 1944], Edward E. Boyles could not get up from...
Henry, Frederick Cook Training and Service
Frederick Henry [Annotator's Note: a Military Police officer in the US Army, stationed in Tuskegee, Alabama] was born...
Stefaniak, Joe Court Martial then Overseas
In 1942, Joseph Stefaniak and some friends got a three-day pass [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short...
O'Brien, Ryan Crashing a B-24
Ryan O'Brien crashed on 10 December 1944. O'Brien had been sent to lead navigator school. He flew a lot in the lead...
Martin, William Crashing on Take-off
William Martin waited on a troop ship home. All of the airplanes were torn up. He flew a C-46 [Annotator's Note:...
Alaniz, George Critically Wounded and Evacuated from Attu
George Alaniz landed on the beach at Attu. [Annotator's Note: Alaniz was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 32nd...
Cupina, John Crossing into Germany
John J. Cupina got an infected tooth and a dentist had to pull it without medication. He also had frozen feet and...
Arst, Paul Crossing the Rhine River
Paul Arst belonged to a rotary club in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]. One year, the club did a...
Riga, Jerome "Jerry" Dangerous Missions
Jerome "Jerry" Riga was on a mission and saw a tank. As he went down to strafe it, Riga was hit by antiaircraft fire....
Baroudi, Howard DD-619 to APA-198 then Discharge
Howard Baroudi and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Edwards (DD-619)] travelled a lot and seldom reached a base for...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Dealing with the government
Olen Grant left the service when his operations had been completed. The army tried to get him stay in the service after...
Altmann, Judith Death March to Bergen Belsen and Liberation by the British
Judith Altmann recalled that it took three weeks, mostly traveling on foot, to move from Essen to Bergen-Belsen. The...
Charles, Howard Deaths, Labor, and Liberation
Howard Robert Charles [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] and the other prisoners soon found their clothes were...
Bowsher, Walter Defending Wake Island
Walter Bowsher had difficulties obtaining stamps. [Annotator's Note: Bowsher was the Marine postmaster in the 1st...
Morehead, James B. Delayed Deployment
In April 1941, James Morehead started training at Hamilton Field [Annotator's Notes: Hamilton Army Airfield Field,...
Heinly, Robert Deployed Overseas
Robert Harvey Heinly had to get ready to go overseas in April 1944 [Annotator's Note: with the 3463rd Ordnance Medium...
Jerabek, Gene Deployed Overseas
Gene R. Jerabek [Annotator's Note: a lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps] went overseas to Italy [Annotator's Note:...
Lininger, Schuyler Deployment and Occupation Duty
Schuyler Lininger was sent to the Pacific in August 1945. He was part of the replacement troops coming in for the...
Niederer, James Deployment in Africa and Italy
James “Jim” William Niederer and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 74th Signal Company, 36th Signal Battalion] were sent from...
Mason, Alfred Deployment to Italy
Heywood Mason crossed the Atlantic to Europe in a big convoy. They were not hassled by submarines and torpedoes as the...
Gresham, Ray Deployment to Manila
When Ray Gene Gresham deployed to the Pacific, he left out of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco,...
Westbrook, James Deployment to the Pacific
In January [Annotator's Note: January 1944], James Roland Westbrook [Annotator's Note: in Company F, 2nd Battalion,...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Detachment 101
Samuel Spector was shipped to Burma and its jungles. He was among the first individuals to carry into action the...
Rosenberg, Justus Detention Camp in France
[Annotator’s Note: There is a buzzing in the background throughout this clip. The interviewee is already speaking when...

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