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Fulton, Robert Being Captured, Imprisoned on Java and Shipment to Honshu
Robert Fulton and eight survivors of the USS Houston (CA-30) swam to Java after they abandoned ship and were captured...
Fatora, Jerome Being Captured, War's End and Occupation Duty
Jerome Fatora's captors, kids of 14 and 15 years old, put his platoon [Annotator's Note: Fatora was a member of Company...
Matsumoto, Roy Being Compromised
Roy H. Matsumoto was successful in his covert work against the communists [Annotator's Note: he had been called into...
Tizzard, Thomas Being in Dry Dock and Dealing with Bodies
Thomas Tizzard was aboard the USS Denver (CL-58) when it went into dry dock to be repaired after being torpedoed. The...
Leefe, Guy Being Invulnerable and German Marks
From the Rhine River, Guy Leefe, Jr. advanced to the Weser River. The airmen were all 21 or 22 years old and had no...
Doolan, Robert Being Shot Down
The targets of the first missions Robert Doolan flew were submarines. The East Coast [Annotator's Note: of the United...
Anderson, Howard Being Shot Down
Flying to Japan was not easy because so much of China was under Japanese control. All of the missions Howard Anderson...
Laubner, William Being Shot Down
William Laubner was assigned to fly overhead cover on a mission near Berlin, Germany. The other portion of the fighter...
Angier, John Being Shot Down and Captured
John Angier's 33rd mission was to Cologne, Germany which should have been a relatively short mission. They were hit...
Pendleton, Arthur Being Sick and Finding an Enemy Weapon
Arthur Pendleton went to Pavuvu after Cape Gloucester. There, he dealt with a bout of appendicitis which almost killed...
Robinson, Theodore "Ted" Being Sunk
Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson kept moving north until he made it to Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Vella Lavella,...
Draxler, Donald Being Treated
Donald Draxler was brought back to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Saipan] and...
Garbo, William Being Wounded
After a narrow escape from a deadly Japanese ambush, and a tragic friendly fire casualty that night, William Garbo and...
Spera, George Being Wounded
George Spera's first wound in combat was a small injury to his left hand in November [Annotator's Note: November 1944...
Holleman, Louis Being Wounded
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] Malcolm Louis Holleman did not come across...
Van der Pool, Ivan Being Wounded
[Annotator's Note: Ivan Van der Pool points on a map to various locations he saw in North Africa.] Ivan Van der Pool...
Cowart, Thomas Being Wounded
Thomas Cowart entered France as a replacement [Annotator's Note: for the 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Being Wounded
Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...
Lazinger, Sol Being Wounded
On 2 October 1944, Sol Lazinger was looking for soldiers in his squad after a battle. He crossed the Wurm River [...
Mancuso, Frank Being Wounded
Frank Mancuso crossed the Volturno River prior to Monte Cassino. His unit gathered in a courtyard to refuel their...
Langrehr, Henry Being Wounded and Captured
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Henry Langrehr to tell him about 29 June 1944.] They were assaulting a series...
Vaughn, Odell Being Wounded and Evacuated
Odell Vaughn was wounded near Pisa, Italy. He went to assist a wounded man in a minefield. Four men near him...
Goodrich, James Being Wounded and Evacuated
[Annotator's Note: James Goodrich served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gun section leader in the 27th Marine...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Being Wounded and Hospitalized
John Witmeyer was first wounded in early July of 1944, just a month after the invasion of Normandy began. He went out...
Brantley, Vernon Being Wounded and Missing in Action
Vernon Brantley got a call that a German tank had been bypassed. He took a crew of four and some anti-tank mines and...
Doss, Arles Being Wounded and Returning Home
The night Arles J. Doss was wounded, the ambulance drove around without lights because the Germans could see them. Doss...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Being Wounded and Scavenging From the Dead
Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...
Stewart, Frank Being Wounded During the Battle of the Tenaru River
When Frank Stewart's group arrived at the Tenaru River [Annotator's Note: actually, the Ilu River, on 21 August 1942]...
Baumgarten, Harold Being Wounded Five Times and Losing His Best Friend
Harold Baumgarten continues talking about his experience when he reached Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, 6...
Ledford, Robert Being Wounded Three Times
Robert Ledford wanted to join the Army because he wanted to be on the ground fighting the enemy. When he heard the...
Koukos, Harry Being Wounded, Recovery, Going Home and Being Discharged
The Germans were good fighters, according to Harry Koukos, and they were ruthless, cruel and brutal. He recalled going...
Hyland, Everett Below Decks During the Pearl Harbor Attack
In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...
Samet, Judah Bergen-Belsen
Judah Samet saw stacks of dead corpses about two stories high when he arrived in Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note:...
Sapp, Walter Berlin in May 1945
Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] was almost totally destroyed. That was Hitler's [Annotator's Note: German...
Maxwell, Robert Besançon, France
Robert Maxwell was laying communications wiring on the left side of a road at Besançon, France when he discovered that...
Bradley, Aubrey Between Captivity and Repatriation
Aubrey Bradley said when the war was over, the Germans just folded; the guards all discarded their uniforms and left....

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