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Sturman, William Operation Crippled Chick
William Sturman's battalion was in Inchon [Annotator's Note: Inch'ŏn, Korea]. His skipper [Annotator's Note: nickname...
Johnson, Kaare Operation Dragoon
Kaare Allan Johnson and his unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...
O'Connor, Robert Operation Market Garden
Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a Communications Sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...
Cruise, Leslie Operation Market Garden
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has on his lap.] Sometime in September 1944,...
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...
Van der Pool, Ivan Operation Torch
On the ship, Ivan Van der Pool took part in a seminar where the officers told them their mission. He boarded his troop...
Kubiak, Frank Operation Torch
Frank Kubiak went to North Africa with his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tillman (DD-641)]. They were on the receiving...
Moore, Charles Operation Varsity
Charles Moore flew in the major airborne operation to cross the Rhine River. Like the operation into Holland, this was...
Ammerman, Gale Operation Varsity
Gale Ammerman needed his weapons in the Varsity landing [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel,...
Strait, Donald Operational Experiences
Recalling some of his more interesting operational experiences, Donald Strait talked about one when he was escorting B-...
Curl, Robert "Bob" Operations Dragoon and Downfall
Three weeks after D-Day [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Robert Curl was...
Elliott, John Operations in Japan and the Fire Bombing of Tokyo
From then on, John Elliott flew with his own crew, and after missions to Singapore, Bangkok, Thailand; and Rangoon,...
Griffenhagen, George Operations in Sicily
Right after George Griffenhagen and other members of the 20th Engineers [Annotator's Note: then the 20th Engineer...
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...
Stroud, William Opting for Combat
William Scott Stroud's [Annotator's Note: Stroud was shot down on his first mission in the Pacific, survived ten days...
Gilbert, Lawrence Ordinary Life to Army Life
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert was born in April 1921 in Farmington, New Hampshire. He had an older sister and younger...
Black, Jerome Organizing Tours for Soldiers
Jerome Harold Black got lucky and got called in by the Commanding General of Allied Force Headquarters [Annotator's...
Gust, Darrell Oschersleben Focke-Wulf Factory
Within three to five minutes of the rest of the group turning back, Darrel D. Gust's squadron [Annotator's Note: 359th...
Leith, Hal OSS Postwar Activities
Harold “Hal” Leith [Annotator’s Note: as a member of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), the forerunner of the...
St. Amant, Philemon OSS Training
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant went to North Carolina for OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services; pre-runner...
Leopold, Vernon Other Platoon Members
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with Vernon Leopold describing some of the men he served with in the I...
Shapiro, Lester Overseas and Back
Lester Shapiro left the United States from California. Ninety percent of the men got seasick on the boat. When he left...
Medway, Irwin Overseas and Combat
Irwin Medway was sent to Colorado Springs to Camp Carson [Annotator's Note: now Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado...
Jaffe, Stanley Overseas and Field Life
Dr. Stanley Jaffe got seasick going overseas. He ended up with another group of people down in the bottom hold of the...
Pohorilla, Michael Overseas and First Mission
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla boarded a converted Italian luxury liner, the Saturnia [Annotator's Note: MS Saturnia], for...
Duncan, Reginald Overseas and into France
Reginald Duncan had left his bride in Connecticut and boarded a ship to England. He and his unit [Annotator's Note:...
O'Donnell, Joseph Overseas and Shot Down
Joseph O'Donnell was told he was going overseas by Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo...
Bailey, Kenneth Overseas and Through France
Kenneth H. Bailey deployed overseas in December 1943. He spent Christmas in Singleton, England. They spent six months...
Donovan, Harry Overseas and Trouble with the Captain
Harry A. Donovan was assigned to a transport ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Leon (APA-48)] and trained for a month on...
Riggs, Clarence Overseas Assignment
Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. reported to Langley Field, Virginia. He practiced a lot of formation flying, air to...
Longhoffer, Garland Overseas Deployment
In Hawaii, Garland Virgil Longhoffer was still a replacement. It took time to get out of the United States. The trip to...
Wade, Nelsyn Overseas Deployment
Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Norfolk, Virginia, where he picked up his ship. The ship held four LCMs [Annotator's...
Oral history interview with Ray Felts on 15 September 2016 Overseas Deployment
Ray Felts went to Idaho for basic training, and hoped he would get to work on a submarine, but at six-foot-four his...
Colbert, Hugh Overseas Deployment
After he joined Company B, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Hugh Colbert...

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