Interactions with Allied troops

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Willette, Edward Oddball Assignments
Edward G. Willette's son talked with someone familiar with that particular battle [Annotator's Note: battle at the Mark...
Alter, Joseph Officer Candidate School
Joseph Alter says it is hard to describe the humiliation and tension he went through [Annotator's Note: in officer...
Scherer, Monroe Okinawa
Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...
Behr, Peter Okinawa Campaign
Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...
Whaley, Ellis Okinawa Duties and Postwar Career
Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...
Moore, Calvin Okinawa Stories
Calvin Moore went to one place where a guy hit him with an axe. They were cutting black mahogany trees. He does not...
Twigger, William Okinawa to Guam
William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...
Phillips, Robert Omaha Beach to Occupation Duty
Robert Philips landed across Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France] the first week in August [Annotator's...
Harrell, Edgar On Board the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
After listening to Walter Winchell [Annotator's Note: Walter Winchell, American newspaper columnist] on the radio...
Smith, William S. On Omaha Beach
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was looking for a pile...
Keller, Richard On the Front Lines
Richard Keller [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] was at Indiantown...
Ammerman, Gale On the Ground in Normandy
[Annotator's Note: Gale Ammerman crash-landed his glider on D-Day, Normandy, France 6 June 1944 and made his way back...
Graham, Chester "Chet" On to Holland and Belgium
Chet Graham [Annotator's Note: Chester Earl Graham] says he became the Regimental Liaison Officer, which is a glorified...
Kaiser, Raymond One and a Half Kills
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Kaiser served in the US Army Air forces as a pilot flying Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter...
Grenny, Guy One Man’s Story
Guy Grenny had a man as a patient who had grown up in California. The man was in the Signal Corps [Annotator's Note:...
Burrus, William Only 20 Years Old
William Burrus was only 20 years old when he returned from the war. You have to do what you do, and it is all you can...
Ward, Johnnie Only Lost Two Men
[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward jumped into France with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Flores, Belisario Opening Camp Carson
The 2nd Infantry Division came back from fighting in Europe in the latter part of 1945. They went to Camp Swift, Texas...
Nolan, Warren Operating a Gunnery Division
The USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) had five divisions within the gunnery department. Warren Nolan had about 75 men in his...
Spaulding, Arthur Operating a Mortar
Arthur Spaulding was in charge of a gun [Annotator's Note: in 2nd Platoon, Company B, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion]....
Nacey, Ed Operation Cobra
On D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Omaha [Annotator's Note:...
Gast, William Operation Cobra and Wounded in Mortain
Most of William Earl Gast and his unit's [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, 30th Infantry Division]...
Johnson, Kaare Operation Dragoon
Kaare Allan Johnson and his unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...
Beck, Carl Operation Market Garden
Carl Beck jumped into Eerde, Holland using a leg bundle with an A6 machine gun [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1919A6...
Guarnere, William "Wild Bill" Operation Market Garden
[Annotators Note: William Guarnere was a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
O'Connor, Robert Operation Market Garden
Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a Communications Sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...
Harold, Paul Operation Market Garden
Harold Paul [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division]...
Ammerman, Gale Operation Market Garden
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Gale Ammerman to describe 17 September 1944, the start of Operation Market...
Biagioni, William Operation Market Garden
William H. Biagioni jumped into Holland on 17 September 1944 [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, Netherlands,...
Bache-Wiig, John Operation Northwind
John Bache-Wiig, Jr. and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 274th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry...
Jagers, Robert Operation Tiger and Liberty in England
Operation Tiger [Annotator's Note: Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, rehearsal for invasion of Normandy, Slapton...
Ammerman, Gale Operation Varsity
Gale Ammerman needed his weapons in the Varsity landing [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel,...
Pritchett, James Operation Varsity and Aftermath
The drop zone for Operation Varsity was near Wessel, Germany, and James Pritchett described how General Montgomery's [...
Strait, Donald Operational Advancement
As a manager for Republic Aviation during the Vietnam War, Donald Strait spent a month each at Taklhi and Korat, air...
Pribyl, William Operations in the CBI
During his courses at Johns Hopkins University [Annotator's Note: in Baltimore, Maryland], William J. Pribyl worked in...
Garcia, Ray Operations with Partisans
Ray Garcia had contact with the Italian partisans who opposed Mussolini [Annotator's Note: Italian fascist dictator...

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