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Guisewite, Myron Formation of the Pathfinders
After the Holland invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, Netherlands, 17 to 25 September 1944] partly...
Towle, John Forming a Bond with the French Family Hiding Him
John W. Towle was shot down on 28 February 1944 over Normandy. The news of the war was scarce in occupied France so...
McConn, John "Jack" France
John McConn and his troopship went directly from the United States through Gibraltar and landed in Marseilles, France....
Lichtenfeld, Seymour France and Belgium
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld had a horrible experience in the English Channel. He, along with many other troops, got very...
Davis, Romay France and Postwar Life
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...
Tyler, Vernon France to Germany
Vernon Leo Tyler [Annotator's Note: in the 100th Infantry Division] had to climb ropes to get on the troopships. He...
Squire, Vernon France to Holland
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Squire was in the 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 29th Infantry Division and helped take the...
Puissegur, Baptiste France, Holland and Belgium
Baptiste Puissegur reached Cherbourg, France and spent two or three months there. Additional training was provided to...
Saloom, Kaliste France, Remembering Churchill and the Assault into Germany
Kaliste Saloom was sent to Marseilles and Toulon in the Provence region of France. He and the men with him were the...
Dyson, Freeman Frank Thompson
Freeman Dyson attended school with Frank Thompson and admired him greatly. He was an older boy with a grand sense of...
Reissig, Floyd J. Free Time
When he had free time, Floyd James Reissig would chip paint and paint the ship. When he was on an island, the crew...
McGuire, Joseph Free Time in India
Joseph McGuire went on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] to Bombay [Annotator'...
Vaadi, Eugene Freedom and Career
Eugene Vaadi had been a prisoner in China since January 1953. August 1956 he and his crew members were called in...
Payne, Robert French, Germans, and Russians
One night the battalion [Annotator's Note: 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division] was...
Shapiro, Lester Frenchy the Cajun
Lester Shapiro's experience before getting to Burma [Annotator's Note: present day Myanmar], was guarding some oil...
Payne, Robert Friction Between Officers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Payne about friction between the officers of his 463rd Parachute Field...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Friendly Fire and the Resulting Forced March
Clarence Derrington was in Stalag VI-G [Annotator's Note: near Bergisch-Neustadt; Derrington had been captured on 14...
Laster, John Thomas Friendly Fire in Naples Harbor
Arriving at Naples, John Laster said, the Army would assume defense of the incoming ships. On the mountains behind...
Chatterton, Charles Friendships and Australia
Charles Chatterton was responsible for orienting new personnel on the vessel [Annotator's Note: USS LCI(L)-334]. A man...
Duffy, Donald From a Cleveland Boy to an Infantryman
Donald Louis Duffy was born in February 1924 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His father worked in a factory until he...
Tallon, Donald From Africa to Liberating Rome
After basic training, Don Tallon left Virginia for Africa. The journey took 21 days in a convoy. They had rough weather...
Howard, William From Anzio to Rome
William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...
Fayerman, Severin From Auschwitz to Buchenwald to Freedom
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman was sent to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex in German...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" From Auschwitz to Dachau
None of the Jews deported with Laszlo Schwarc knew what Auschwitz was. The SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel, the...
Weinreich, Frieda From Auschwitz to the Parschnitz Slave Labor Camp
Frieda Weinreich woke up after the train stopped. They had reached the Auschwitz concentration camp [Annotator's Note:...
Young, James From Australia to the Battle of Cape Gloucester
After his tour on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, James Franklin Young and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd...
Cohn, Marthe From Bavaria to Vietnam
Marthe Cohn did not continue with intelligence work after World War 2 [Annotator's Note: Cohn was a spy in the 151st...
Abate, Sam From Being Inducted to Fighting in France
Sam V. Abate reported to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] to get a physical and to get sworn in [...
Thomason, David From Boot Camp to Honolulu
David Thomason loved it [Annotator's Note: Navy boot camp] and worked hard. He went home on leave [Annotator's Note: an...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" From Brisbane to Manila
Helen Gagel arrived in Australia and thought the people there were very friendly but she did not think too much about...
Carter, Donald From Cherbourg to Paris
On the twelfth day of combat, Don Carter's squad [Annotator's Note: in Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th...
DeCarlo, Mario From Connecticut to Paris
Mario DeCarlo was born Stamford, Connecticut in 1925. Even though he grew up during the Great Depression, he had a...
Carlson, Clarence From England to France
While stationed in England [Annotator's Note: at Royal Air Force Boxted, Colchester, England], Clarence Carlson would...
Osgood, Edgar From England to Morocco
Edgar De Pue Osgood loved Great Britain because they had very attractive girls in the Red Cross. They were put in...
Viera, Conrad From Fort Rucker to Occupied Japan
[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...
Moore, Hilar From Guam to Iwo Jima
Hilar Moore was shipped to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] after the invasion started. He took...

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