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Henleben, Edwin A Week on Attu
Edwin Henlebin described the beachhead as glutted with supplies. The problem was getting the material from the beach to...
Sharp, Horace Assault into Germany
Horace Sharp and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division]...
Feldman, Henry Assault into Germany
After fighting through France and Luxembourg, Henry Feldman crossed the Rhine River on pontoon bridges at Cologne,...
Riggsby, Norman Becoming an MP
Norman Riggsby remained in the hospital for several months while his wounds healed [Annotator’s Note: he had first been...
LeBlanc, Joyce Making Changes, VE-Day and Getting Married
Joyce Leblanc is sure that when the Americans arrived in Europe, the British were encouraged, although they didn't want...
Kawamoto, Yukio Manila
As far as Yukio Kawamoto could tell, he did not experience too much racism or ill feelings towards him. Most of his...
Sharp, Horace Nuremburg Prisoners
Horace Sharp had communications with the German defendants at the Nuremburg Trials. [Annotator's Note: Sharp was a...
Zimmer, Mitchell Ongoing Submarine Duty, Picking Up Prisoners and the War's End
Mitchell Zimmer served aboard two sister-ship submarines, the Snapper [Annotator's Note: USS Snapper (SS-185) and the...
Lockhart, Richard POW Life
In an effort to obtain extra food, Richard Lockhart volunteered to work on a wood cutting detail. While out on the...
Clapper, Joe Purple Heart, Okinawa, and Discharge
On the way to Okinawa, Joe Clapper answered a call on the ship's horn for all those wounded on Peleliu to appear...
Martello, Dominic Reflections and Teaching World War 2
Dominic Martello thinks Kasserine Pass should be remembered as a screw-up. It was a mess. Generals got captured. In an...
Sharp, Horace Return Home and Hermann Göring's Suicide
Horace Sharp was discharged in May 1946 after his return to the United States. He attended college using the G.I. Bill...
Malec, Henry Return to Combat
While in the midst of being released from the hospital [Annotator's Note: Malec had been wounded by shrapnel and was...
Lauderdale, Dell The Japanese
Dell Lauderdale went into the areas outside the prison while he was in Tokyo [Annotator's Note: While at Sugamo Prison...
Woolf, Basil The Normandy Invasion
Basil Woolf and his landing craft [Annotator's Note: LCH-269] beached on D-Day at Ouistrehan [Annotator's Note: Sword...
Lauderdale, Dell Tour in Japan
Dell Lauderdale was on a ship for 14 days en route to Japan. He woke up and saw little people scurrying around and...
Kingsley, Thomas War's End
Thomas Kingsley and the 27th Tank Battalion, 20th Armored Division helped take the city of Munich. They fought against...