Interactions with Allied troops

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Berman, Stanley Life Stationed Overseas
Stanley Berman's [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force] daily routine overseas was waking up, going to wash up in...
Lee, James Life Under Martial Law
James Lee says censorship was the worst thing about martial law [Annotator's Note: after the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Davis, Edna Life with the WASPs
[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis had completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and wanted to join the US Army Air...
Inge, Herndon Limberg to Hammelburg Prison Camp
To Herndon Inge, Junior, the German soldiers were just like American G.I.s [Annotator's Note: government issue; also a...
Beard, Oral Lingayen Gulf and Olongapo
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Peterson, Dale Living Aboard a Cruiser
Dale Peterson served on two different cruisers, the USS San Diego (CL-53) and the USS San Juan (CL-54). His battle...
Schicker, Tom Living and Fighting in Mud
There would be holes in the line where there were not enough men [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1...
Gillette, Thomas Living at Puget Sound Shipyard
At Puget Sound [Annotator's Note: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, near Bremerton, Washington], Thomas W....
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Living Day by Day
Charles Childs did not like the Nazis. He admired the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force] pilots, but did...
Lee, James Living in Chinatown
James Lee's parents said the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941]...
Tallon, Donald Living in Nazi Homes
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a liberated former prisoner of war in Magdeburg, Germany] and his fellow freed prisoners...
Burke, Dracos Living in Occupied Germany
While Dracos Burke was stationed in Erlangen, Germany [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with the 40th Bombardment...
Aalders, Johannes Living under German Occupation
Johannes Aalders [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of Apeldoorn, Netherlands during German occupation] recalled that some...
Stewart, Stanley Loading Ordnance on Bougainville
As soon as Stanley Stewart arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia, he was back in training. Assigned to the 1st Marine Air...
Herszenberg, Tola Lodz Ghetto
Tola Herszenberg was born in Lodz [Annotator's Note: Łódź, Poland] in October 1921. She had an older brother. She was...
Rickel, Robert London Visits and Last Mission
During his free time, Robert "Bob" Rickel slept, went to aircraft classes, or visited relatives in London [Annotator's...
Johnsen, Erik London, England
Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine on the SS Dolly Madison. The major missions of the ship were...
St. Amant, Philemon Looking for a Prisoner
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant was one of the first to arrive at the German lines [Annotator's Note: as a member of the...
Jaber, Anton Losing a Buddy Near the End of the War
They [Annotator’s Note: Anton Jaber and other American forces] had been on the Roer River where the dam had been...
Raner, Norman Losing a Friend and Orders Home
As Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944, Anzio, Italy] was tailing out [Annotator's...
Fallon, John Losing a Good Man
John T. Fallon ended up in Germany [Annotator's Note: with the Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment...
Dillon, Gerard Losing a Man and Wounded
Gerard Dillon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Bridger, Harley Losing Aircraft and Men
It was normal to lose two or three airplanes on any mission over a good target like Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna,...
Becker, Clarence Losing an Airplane
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker was a pilot flying photo reconnaissance mapping missions in Alaska in 1943.] They...
Aldous, Robert Losing Crewmembers
Robert G. Aldous and his crew lost their radar operator. Their copilot went to get a suntan and went to sleep. He fell...
Mancuso, Frank Losing Faith, Crack &Thump, and Spitfire
Originally, when Frank Mancuso entered the army he was a Catholic. This changed when the Pope said they could not bomb...
Cummings, Mary Losing Friends
Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval Reserve (...
Cart, William "Bill" Losing Friends in Training
William Cart was sent down to Gillespie [Annotator's Note: Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California], an outlying field...
Cauble, Raymond Losing His Crew
Raymond Cauble lost his crew after he was wounded and was in recovery. His crew was shot down later. Cauble was wounded...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Losing Pilots
Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...
Welch, Darrell Losing Planes and Pilots
[Annotator's Note: Darrell Welch and the 27th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group flew into Iceland.] The 94th Squadron...
Campbell, John Losing Ships and Nerve Gas
John Scott Campbell lost three ships. The one [Annotator's Note: SS Andrew G. Curtin, sunk 1944] in the Barents Sea [...
Campbell, John Losing Three Ships and Fear
John Scott Campbell was on three ships that sunk. The first ship went down slowly. The rescue boats do not come in, you...
Davis, Edna Loss of a Friend
When Edna Davis got to Sweetwater, Texas [Annotator's Note: Avenger Field], she was in the first group there. It was a...
Williams, Kenneth Loss of Airplane
By March of 1944, Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter...
Crowley, Daniel Loss of Bataan
Daniel Crowley survived the initial attack of the Japanese on 8 December 1941. On 24 December 1941, his unit [Annotator...

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