Interactions with Allied troops

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Jaffe, Stanley Life In France
Dr. Stanley Jaffe had a lot of fun as a bachelor [Annotator's Note: while serving on a mobile surgical team with the...
Cauble, Raymond Life in Italy
The little country towns in Italy were all dirty to Raymond Cauble. The big cities, like Foggia, were good cities. He...
Giamberardino, Alfiero Life in Italy During the War
Alfiero Giamberardino was born in May 1936 near Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]. The American and British bombers...
Lewter, Robert Life in Japan and Home
Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...
Bueker, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] was treated quite well by...
O'Donnell, Joseph Life in Prison Camp
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Baum, Irving Life in Stalag Luft III
One of the more onerous jobs for Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Sagan,...
Higgins, Malcom Life in Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape
They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow prisoners being held in Stalag Luft III] got a chance to build...
Mock, John Life in Stalag XII-A
John Mock ended up at Stalag XII-A [Annotator's Note: in Limburg, Germany]. The latrine in the camp overflowed every...
Albright, William Life in Stalag XVII
[Annotator's Note: William Albright was interrogated in Frankfurt, Germany after being shot down in late November 1943...
Slack, Otis Life in the Aleutian Islands
In 1935, General Billy Mitchell [Annotator's Note: Brigadier General William Lendrum Mitchell] told Congress [Annotator...
Neste, Norman A. Life in the Bulge
Norman Neste had no preconceived ideas of what the German military would be like. Once he had encountered them, he...
Acker, Charles Life in the Field
Charles Acker went through live-fire training. They had a little town set up and they would fire live machine guns and...
Fulco, Joseph Life in the Field
The first time Joseph P. Fulco went into combat, he did not know what to expect. When in combat, he immediately hit the...
Tindal, Sullivan Life in the Field and Postwar
During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Poston, Charles Life in the Jungle
Charles Poston [Annotator's Note: a pilot with the 1st Air Commando Group based in Asansol, India] was stationed in the...
Gibfried, Paul Life in the Navy
Paul Gibfried worked at the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Navy. It was a data center that informed him of...
Shaw, Claude Life in the Navy
After serving aboard the Walke [Annotator's Note: USS Walke DD-4156)], Claude Bufford Shaw was assigned to the Bullard...
VanDuzer, Raymond Life in the POW Camps
Raymond VanDuzer believed that he would not be a prisoner forever. Once in captivity in Germany, they were marched a...
Buckner, Jack Life in Tunisia
Jack Buckner and his crew moved from Constantine [Annotator's Note: Constantine, Algeria] to around Tunis [Annotator's...
Fitzmorris, James Life in Wartime New Orleans
James Fitzmorris was stationed at Camp Plauche [Annotator's Note: also known as Camp Harahan, Jefferson Parish,...
Halberg, Norma Life of a WASP
Just before she went into the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots], Norma Halberg and another girl,...
Thompson, Thomas Life on a PT-Boat
Thomas D. Thompson was observing a dogfight between a P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter...
Bucher, Francis Life on Adak
The war came along. Francis Bucher remembers first hearing that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Cart, William "Bill" Life on Base
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Cart what the accommodations were like at the bases he was stationed at...
Buckner, Jack Life on Base
Jack Buckner says the biggest problem with Army life is the boredom. They played baseball and card games. On a day off...
Carlson, Clarence Life on Base and VE-Day
The different crews in Clarence Carlson's squadron [Annotator's Note: 555th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment...
Karpay, Irwin Life on Board Ship
I. J. Karpay enjoyed being an Armed Guard [Annotator's Note: US Navy Armed Guard] on a merchant ship [Annotator's Note...
Meader, Byron Life on Guadalcanal
Byron Herbert Meader received very little military training when he was assigned to the 3462nd Ordnance Medium...
Pringle, James Life on Guam
James Pringle arrived at Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] at the end of 1944. He registered, went through...
Gilmore, Selwyn Life on Guam
[Annotator's Note: Selwyn Gilmore served in the United States Army Air Forces as a ground crew armorer in the 52nd...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Life on New Guinea
When Charles Weskey Borders got to New Guinea it had not been secured. The worst time was when he was based at Noemfoor...
Schmittgens, Leo Life on Pavuvu
Leo William Schmittgens recalled getting on the Higgins Boats [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or...
Nolan, Warren Life on the Bunker Hill
When Warren Nolan first boarded the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) he thought it was massive. He watched the first flight...
O'Hara, Richard Life on Tinian
Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...
Fishman, Arthur Life Overseas
Once in the Navy, Arthur Fishman did not receive much training. He was taught how to read his gauges. On his way back...

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