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Wells, Raymond Korean War
A year after Raymond Wells was shipped to Okinawa Joyce joined him there. At the time there was very little in terms of...
Suter, Martin Korean War Service and Postwar Life
Martin Suter went to fighter school and was called back to go to Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to 1953] in...
Gross, Eva Krakow-Plaszow
Eva Gross was sent to the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp in Poland [Annotator's Note: this was after a short stay in...
Scales, James Kwajalein
Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kwajalein, 31 January to 3 February 1944] D-Day [Annotator's Note: military...
Morgan, Fred La Fière and Gavin
Holding the bridge at La Fière [Annotator's Note: near Sainte-Mere-Eglise (Sainte-Mère-Église), France, 9 June 1944],...
Olson, Bud La Fière Bridge
Bud Olson [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne...
Shaner, Robert Landing at Luzon
Robert D. Shaner says that the landing at Luzon [Annotator's Note: Battle of Luzon, 9 January to 15 August 1945, Luzon...
Smith, William S. Landing at Normandy
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was loading the ships [...
Uttero, Cosmo Landing at Omaha Beach
The weather was terrible [Annotator's Note: in England]. Cosmo Uttero cannot recall if he went down into the ship or...
Reynolds, Harley Landing at Sicily
Harley Reynolds and his unit trained for Sicily on an incredibly rocky shoreline. The shore they actually landed on in...
Hatch, Norman Landing at Tarawa
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was with Major Jim Crowe [Annotator's Note:...
Kearney, George Landing Craft
[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Severance, Dave Landing on Iwo Jima
Dave Severance remembers some of the men, including Ira Hayes, John Bradley [Annotator's Note: John Henry Bradley, also...
Hatch, Norman Landing on Iwo Jima
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] stopped in Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...
Wicklund, John Landing on Leyte
It was a beautiful day with calm seas when John Wicklund and the 96th Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: at the time...
Wells, Kenneth Landing on Okinawa
Kenneth Dwight Wells arrived in the Russell Islands [Annotator's Note: Russell Islands, Solomon Islands] and spent some...
Farley, Daniel Landing Plan for D-Day
[Annotator's Note: Daniel Farley served in the Army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] In the lock up...
Jagers, Robert Landings at Sicily and Palermo
Robert Jagers' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351] had no defensive weapons. They started out with three-inch 50s...
Tillery, Allen Landings in the Marshall Islands
[Annotator's Note: Allen Tillery served in the USMC as a Japanese language specialist. For the campaign in the Marshall...
Aldous, Robert Last Bombing Mission
Robert G. Aldous and his crew flew their last mission out of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. It was going...
Culpepper, George Last Engagement on Borneo
George Culpepper's [Annotator's Note: as the communications officer aboard PC-1122] commanding officer on PC-1122,...
Gust, Darrell Last Mission
Darrell D. Gust's second, third and fourth missions happened one day apart. Then a fog moved in, grounding the group [...
Ananian, Stephen Last Mission and Home
Stephen Ananian only knew he had flown his last mission after he landed, and his commander told him. Ananian wanted to...
Fitch, Mason Last Mission, War's End and Reflections
The last mission for Mason Brownell Fitch really sticks out in his mind. Reaching into his little blue book [Annotator'...
Yackel, Eugene Last Thoughts
Eugene Yackel and Cranston Rogers [Annotator's Note: later US Army Colonel Cranston R. "Chan" Rogers] got along well....
Abbenhaus, Gerald Last Thoughts and a Museum Donation
Gerald Abbenhaus was used as a liaison between regiments because his commander did not want to go out at night. He and...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Last Thoughts on War
Benjamin Schleider was impressed by seeing men in high places who had no hesitancy about talking to someone higher in...
Earles, John LCVP Instructor on Guam
In May 1945, John Earles deployed to a tent city in Hawaii, and from there he was sent to Guam. At the time, the island...
Geiger, John Leadership
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: part of an intelligence and reconnaissance team known as the Alamo Scouts, the US 6th...
Livaudais, James Leadership
James Livaudais knew he had really seen combat after the battle at La Fiere and the Merderet crossing. He thought at...
Marr, John W Leadership
Captain Ben Schwartzwalder, Lieutenant John Marr's superior in command of Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment...
Sgobbo, Dominick Leadership and Equality
Although Dominick Sgobbo was not the soldier with the longest tenure, he became a squad leader because he was the best...
Strandburg, Lewis Leadership at La Fière
Lewis A. Strandburg first saw paratroopers of the 507 [Annotator's Note: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment] on the...
Lansford, William Leading Patrols on Iwo Jima
William Lansford was attached to the 27th Regiment [Annotator's Note: Regimental Headquarters, 27th Marine Regiment,...
Taylor, Charles Learning About Submarines
Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer, even though he had no training in this...
Hughes, Lowell Learning of Pearl Harbor to Arriving in Oran
Lowell Hughes was stationed at Camp Barkeley near Abilene, Texas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. A supply...

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