Life in the Field/aboard ship

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Moore, Charles Operation Dragoon
Charles Moore had his next major mission when he participated in the invasion of Southern France. [Annotator’s Note:...
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...
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...
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...
Ammerman, Gale Operation Varsity
Gale Ammerman needed his weapons in the Varsity landing [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel,...
Pribyl, William Operations in the CBI
During his courses at Johns Hopkins University [Annotator's Note: in Baltimore, Maryland], William J. Pribyl worked in...
Tizzard, Thomas Operations in the Philippines and Kamikazes
Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Denver (CL-58) at Bougainville, covering the landing troops. They would bombard the...
Haggerty, June Opportunities for a WAVE
June Catherine Elliott Haggerty knew very little about World War 1 because she was born in 1920. She learned a little...
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...
Edwards, Marvin OSS in Copenhagen
After Germany surrendered, Marvin Raymond Edwards worked with the OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services;...
Winslow, Lawson Other Veterans' War Stories
There was no doubt in Lawson T. Winslow, Junior's [Annotator's Note: a Naval Reservist aboard the USS John A. Bole (DD-...
Saunders, David Out to Sea
David R. Saunders traveled down the river [Annotator's Note: the Mississippi River] and out into the Gulf of Mexico....
Moskin, Alan Overseas and Across Europe
Alan Moskin did his Army basic training in Florida, went home on furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for...
Foster, Robert Overseas and Dodging Artillery
Robert E. Foster went on maneuvers [Annotator's Note: with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 376th Infantry Regiment, 94th...
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...
Jameson, Andrew Overseas and Hitting Normandy
Andrew George Jameson's mother was born in Greece and had taken him there several times. Going overseas from Fort Meade...
Bailey, Kenneth Overseas and Postwar
Kenneth H. Bailey went from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to England on the Highland Chieftain. It...
Uchida, Togue Overseas and the Lost Battalion
In 1944, Togue Uchida and 700 others were sent to Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy] where he joined the 100th...
Reluga, Matthew Overseas and Utah Beach
Matthew A. Reluga's older brother Charles was an MP [Annotator's Note: military police]. Once Reluga got get a break in...
Levin, Meyer "Mike" Overseas Deployment
Meyer Levin was sent to Europe after graduating [Annotator's Note: after he completed officer candidate school] at Fort...
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...
Creekmore, Thomas Overseas Deployment
Thomas Creekmore went overseas [Annotator's Note: in 1945], and he was an eager beaver. His pilot [Annotator's Note: in...
Glusing, Benjamin Overseas Deployment
Benjamin Albert Glusing’s unit [Annotator's Note: 208th Military Police Company] was given secret orders. The orders...
Ryan, John Overseas Deployment
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] As an engineer, John Ryan helped build Bailey...
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...
Nummer, Richard Overseas Deployment
After boot camp, Richard Nummer returned home for only one day before he returned to San Diego. Some trainees went AWOL...
Smith, John Overseas Deployment
John Smith's journey overseas began in San Francisco, California in early June and ended in Brisbane, Australia in July...
Bodson, Henry Overseas Deployment
Henry Bodson [Annotator's Note: with 39th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division] was shipped out from New...
Rinas, Bruno Overseas Deployment
Bruno S. Rinas embarked from San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. He visited Alcatraz [...
Fouts, Henry Overseas Deployment
Henry Sherman Fouts flew his first mission on 29 August 1944 [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron,...
Van der Pool, Ivan Overseas Deployment
Ivan van der Pool was in Hershey, Pennsylvania, when he received his orders to go overseas. From there, he boarded the...
Dixon, Richard Overseas Deployment
Richard Tempus Dixon was assigned to the USS YR-69 [Annotator's Note: non-self-propelled floating workshop YR-69, in...
Cole, John Overseas Deployment
John H. Cole was shipped to San Louis Obispo [Annotator's Note: San Louis Obispo, California] to continue training on...
Frongello, Arthur Overseas Deployment
Arthur Frongello was transferred to Squadron 22 [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 22 (MTBRon 22)] as a...

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