Interactions with Allied troops

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Davis, Jack Combat Life in the Field
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Williams, Kenneth Combat Missions
Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...
Brooks, James Combat Missions
For James "Jim" L. Brooks' [Annotator's Note: a pilot with 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force]...
Stachel, Robert Combat Missions and D-Day
Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group] did not...
Peto, George Combat on Cape Gloucester
[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...
Haslauer, Warren Combat on Guam
Warren J. Haslauer and his men [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...
Stewart, Roy Combat on Iwo Jima
oy Stewart [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] saw Japanese Zeros [Annotator's Note: Japanese...
Billingsley, James Combat on Luzon
[Annotator's Note: James Billingsley went ashore on Luzon, Philippines, on 31 January 1945.] Billingsley made his way...
Kellegrew, Kent Combat on Okinawa
Kent Butzer Kellegrew [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Infantry Division] was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...
Schicker, Tom Combat on Okinawa
As the Japanese aircraft came in, they [Annotator's Note: the Navy] would fire antiaircraft at them [Annotator's Note:...
Smith, Thomas Combat on Saipan
Thomas J. Smith, Junior headed out to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Battle of Saipan, 15 June to 9 July 1944, Saipan,...
Colburn, George Combat on the Cliffs of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: George Colburn had his first combat kill in a cave on Iwo Jima, Japan in February 1945.] There was a...
Dietrick, Alfred Combat on the Mountain
Night began to fall [Annotator's Note: on Monte Sambucaro or Sammucro, Italy; December 1943], and a runner came to get...
Smith, Thomas Combat on Tinian
Tinian was only about nine days [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tinian, 24 July to 1 August 1944, Tinian, Mariana Islands...
Smith, Thomas Combat Stories
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was looking forward to seeing the enemy. The Marines were under the Navy. After training, they...
Young, James Combat Training and Shipping Out
After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....
Yackel, Eugene Combat with the 103rd Infantry Division
Combat is something Eugene Yackel will never forget. They [Annotator's Note: 103rd Infantry Division] moved out in...
Foster, Robert Combat, Fear, and Death
The first time somebody shoots at you, the bullet pops when it goes past your head. Robert E. Foster remembers that...
Wieland, Kenneth Coming Home
There was no homecoming reception in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], other than some high...
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...
Kent, Edward Coming Home and Postwar
When Edward F. Kent went into combat in Europe, he carried a carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic...
Trindal, Wesley Coming in with prisoners
[Annotators Note: Wesley Trindal served in the US Army as a rifleman in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry...
Werner, Jack Commanders
Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died 12 April [Annotator's...
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...
Armstrong, Henry Communism and Integration
Henry Armstrong never got concerned about Communism after World War 2. He had faith in his country that we would not be...
Geldner, Mala Concentration Camp and Liberation
Mala [Annotator's Note: née Gerstner] Geldner was sent to the Oberstadt working camp [Annotator's Note: Comthurey...
Willett, Richard Concentration Camp and Mainz
[Annotator's Note: Richard Willett asks the interviewer to cut the tape for a minute to catch his breath. The video...
Medicine Crow, Joseph Concentration Camps
After Joseph Medicine Crow had spent time in Italy, he returned to southern Germany then went to Poland. It was there...
Rogers, John Concentration Camps, The End of the War and Occupation Duty
John Rogers found dug in tanks that were dispersed throughout [Annotator's Note: throughout Germany]. One time, they...
Peterson, Cleveland Conditions in India
Cleveland Peterson and the 59th Air Service Squadron left the United States for India with as much aircraft repair...
Rinas, Bruno Conditions in the POW Camps
Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...
Morrow, John Confidence in the Crew
John Morrow does not really remember his first mission as a radio operator on a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...
Cresswell, Constance Conscripted Into Service
When the Americans began arriving in England, Constance Cresswell attended a reception for the 92nd Bomber Group [...
Haslauer, Warren Constant Bombardment
During the day [Annotator's Note: during Bougainville campaign, part of the Solomon Islands Campaign at Bougainville,...
McDonald, Robert Cooking for Glider Crews
Robert W. McDonald [Annotator's Note: serving in the US Eighth Air Force] pulled detail one night as the kitchen ran 24...
Heilbrun, Herbert Copilot’s Performance
Herbert Heilbrun believes in the power of prayer. On his fourth mission, Heilbrun was flying with 36 airplanes in nine...

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