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Malarkey, Donald Segment 6
Malarkey went to Normandy, France to meet with the family who owned the farm where he had fought on D-Day. The family...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 6
During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...
Baker, Vernon Segment 6
Vernon Baker continues to describe his Medal of Honor actions in Italy. He began cutting wire on the hill. The wire was...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 6
Teddy [Annotator's Note: Lieutenant Theodore "Teddy" Keller, Gravois' future brother-in-law] and Gravois trained in New...
Bell, Bryan Segment 6
Bell has trouble bringing up exactly what his unit was doing at the time because he remembers it as a, "constant...
De Mers, William Segment 6
Prior to landing in New Guinea DeMers' unit was never given any jungle training. In Australia they were trained how to...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 6
[Annotators Note: John Vessey served in the army as the First Sergeant of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,...
Mack, Frank Segment 6
The battle ended on June 21st [Annotator’s Note: On Okinawa in 1945]. The Sixth Marine Division went on to China. Mack...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 6
Leonard Spivey did not have a full crew for the mission. On the Schweinfurt mission Spivey was the squadron lead...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 6
When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 6
During the first attack the Germans walked toward Milosevich's position. No tanks were sent at them for fear that they...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 6
Lepla took off with the strike group on the morning of the Battle of Santa Cruz [Annotator's Note: 26 October 1942]....
Standifer, Leon Segment 6
The Germans expected the Americans to retreat and get out of there. The American unit stayed and fought. 1 of the men...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 6
When the flag went up on Mt. Suribachi [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, February 1945], Hershel Williams was too busy in...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 7
Slape and Creger [Annotators Note: Sgt. William Slape and Private John B. Creger] were trying to get back to the...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 7
Clarence Anderson's first mission was to Frankfurt,Germany. For the mission he was flying wingman for an experienced...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 7
When Theodore Finkbeiner landed on Anzio Beach he and the other landing troops were bombed and strafed. Company G [...
Murphy, Robert Segment 7
Robert Murphy located Gordon Prein and convinced him to come to the Las Vegas 505 reunion [Annotators Note: reunion of...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 7
Baldwin didn't have much to do with Capt. Fritts, but he liked him alright. Fritts knew he was a Captain, knew he was...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 7
Even though many of the German pilots were under-qualified the 109 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-109...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 7
Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...
Sherman, Richard Segment 7
Sherman had helped to set up many of the dirt revetments. The Chinese had helped as well. Each revetment was high...
Quintana, Ben Segment 7
It gives Quintana a good feeling to be able to say that he was a Marine Raider. He felt that the Raiders did not feel...
Henderson, William Segment 7
They would listen to Tokyo Rose [Annotator’s Note: English-speaking women broadcasters of Japanese propaganda]when they...
Bell, Bryan Segment 7
Bell and his men got on the other side of the river and did not lose a single man. This was remarkable because each man...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 7
Back in the United States the main role he had was to see that everybody's personnel records were in order before they...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 7
During the breakout from the Anzio beachhead John Vessey was a forward observer with an infantry company. They were...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 7
Leonard Spivey was hanging in his parachute and it was cold. Spivey was not uncomfortable because he thinks he had a...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 7
Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...
Ward, Harold Segment 7
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Noack, John Segment 7
John Noack notes that everything was fine that day. They had escort until they had to turn back. The fighters reached...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 7
Ardell Bollinger did not report back to base immediately. Bollinger still has shrapnel in his foot from when he was...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 7
There was a good 40 knot tail wind that was with them for several hours. When they got to the coast of Kyushu they were...
Akins, Robert Segment 7
The veterans felt better having other veterans around. When replacements came in Robert Akins knew that they were well...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 7
Kanaya said that medics followed the troops into the field. He liked to pick units that he knew would probably get into...

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