Interactions with Allied troops

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Johnson, Erwin Surrender of Mariveles
Erwin Johnson was an aircraft mechanic [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 48th Material Squadron, 27th Bombardment...
Johnson, Malcolm Surrender to the Japanese
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese attacked them. He...
Warne, Therese Surrendering to the Japanese
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Liston, Earl Surrounded
When Earl Roger Liston arrived in Europe with his unit [Annotator's Note: 106th Infantry Division], he had to release...
Kibort, Reva Surviving after the Nazi Camps
Reva Kibort was liberated in a hostile country with no one to protect them [Annotator's Note: she had been an inmate at...
Vaadi, Eugene Surviving As A Prisoner
On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany. Once a prisoner of war, he was...
Lucas, Jack Surviving Iwo Jima
Jacklyn Lucas was just asking God to save him [Annotator's Note: after being wounded by the hand grenade he jumped on...
Shaw, Claude Surviving the Sinking of the USS Walke (DD-416)
Claude Bufford Shaw spent his entire wartime service in the Pacific, except for two short trips to the United States to...
Wickersham, Obie Swimming the Rhine River
After the Battle of the Bulge, Obie Wickersham went back to France, only to be sent back to the front between...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Tactical Reconnaissance Training
Charles Wesley Borders served for about two months in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943. He and five others were sent...
Brooks, Curtis Taken Out of Manila to Leyte
A few days after being liberated from their internment in Santo Tomas in Manila, Curtis Brooks and his brother were...
Evans, Donald Taken Prisoner
Now the guys [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] were gone, and Donald Evans was in a ditch...
Lents, Robert Taken Prisoner
When the crew abandoned the USS Perch (SS-176), Robert Lents said some of the guys in the water turned on their...
Loring, Bud Taken to London
Bud Loring ended up at a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp after making it back to the front lines. When...
Whitman, Philip Taken to Nuremberg
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman was captured after bailing out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and...
Baum, Irving Taken to Stalag Luft III
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] left the camp [Annotator's Note: after being interrogated at Dulag...
Fienup, Victor Taken to Stalag Luft III
Instead of taking Victor Fienup [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group,...
Dillon, Gerard Taking a Castle and Occupying Halle
[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon jumped into the Wesel, Germany area 24 March 1945, with the 507th Parachute Infantry...
Ellis, Frederick Taking Australians to Borneo
Frederick Ellis and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-751] went back and forth among the islands in the Pacific on...
Freeman, Bradford Taking Carentan
The company [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division]...
Siebert, Herbert Taking Germany
In January 1945, Herbert Siebert and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Siebert was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion,...
Stewart, Roy Taking Hill 382
Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] advanced on Hill 382 [...
Smith, William S. Taking Oran, Algeria
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] and his unit were fighting the Germans in...
Spinato, Angelo Taking Positions in Belgium
Angelo Joseph Spinato got into Belgium in the middle of the day [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 4th Platoon 2nd...
Breen, Vernon Taking Prisoners
With his partner Curtis Mathews, Vernon Breen was assigned to take a phone down to a "T" in the road to observe the...
McWilliams, Donald Talasea and Pavuvu
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...
Wilson, James Tank Battle on Peleliu
James Wilson's platoon leader [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
Redmond, Leroy Tank Commander
Leroy Redmond was in Combat Command A, 14th Armored Division, as a tank commander. It was a lot of responsibility and...
Spint, Robert Tank Destroyers and Gliders
When Robert Spint first went in the TDs [Annotator's Note: tank destroyers; Spint was a member of the 651st Tank...
Wombacher, Delbert Tank Field Trials and Patton
After the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: series of Army exercises held in Louisiana in 1941], Delbert Wombacher...
Albertson, Arthur Tank Warfare
Arthur Albertson did not see a concentration camp until quite some time later. He saw the ones where they [Annotator's...
Klimas, Irvin Targets off Normandy
The Germans had several towers with radars on them that Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS...
Klimas, Irvin Task Force and D-Day
In the early part of 1944, Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] were put in a...
Peniche, Ed Teamwork
Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal has nothing against John Wayne [Annotator's Note: born Marion Robert Morrison, an...
Schicker, Tom Tent Camp Two
Thomas Francis Schicker was sent to Mainside Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in...
Halberg, Norma Test Pilot
[Annotator's Note: Norma Halberg graduated from her training for the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs at Avenger...

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