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Schafer, Leon Eight Trips to Normandy
[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.] They returned to...
Lesniewski, Joseph Eindhoven, Holland
Joseph Lesniewski did not run into any resistance landing in Holland [Annotator's Note: during Operation Market Garden...
Bass, Leon Encountering Southern Racism
Leon Bass was training in Mississippi. Black soldiers were to be given ideas about why we were fighting the war. The...
Glusing, Benjamin End of the War
Benjamin Albert Glusing was on an inspection trip on New Caledonia [Annotator's Note: as part of 39th Military Police...
Mayes, Robert End of the War
Robert Mayes knew the end of the war was impending when the Germans were trying to surrender to his unit [Annotator's...
Hardy, George End of the War in Europe
George Hardy does not remember when he heard that the war was over. They knew it was close because they were running...
Reynolds, Florence G. End of the WASPs
Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds' parents always told her she could do anything she wanted to do. That event is why she is...
Scholl, Richard Endless Combat and Cannibals
Richard Scholl was in some of the dirtiest fighting in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Invasion of Lingayen Gulf,...
Fili, William Enemy Fighters and Crew Losses
Enemy fighters would come from all directions at the bombers. William Fili says they would dive fast and then turn away...
Bath, Garland Enemy Fire on Iwo Jima
Around D 7 [Annotator's Note: d-day, the initial day of the operation, plus seven days; 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan...
Clark, Merrill Enemy Fire or Friendly Fire
The Germans were formidable because of their early conquests like the blitzkrieg [Annotator's Note: method of warfare...
Griffith, Leon Engaging the Japanese
Leon Griffith was on Dinagat Island [Annotator's Note: Dinagat Island, Philippines] and the Japanese sent a barge of...
Little, Henry Engineering in Korea
[Annotator's Note: Henry Little served in the Army as a combat engineer in Company D, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion,...
Baum, Irving Engineering The Great Escape
When tunneling Tom, Dick, and Harry [Annotator's Note: Tom, Dick, and Harry were the codenames for the tunnels being...
Lederer, Henry England and Big Questions
Henry Lederer knew from his training in the P-47 [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft] that he...
Biondo, Frank England and D-Day
Frank Biondo left New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] for Newport News, Virginia and shipped to Glasgow,...
Nacey, Ed England and First Mission
Edward Nacey went to combat crew training with a brand-new crew for the B-24 Liberator [Annotator's Note: Consolidated...
Landrum, Thomas England and France
The British treated the American soldiers, including Thomas Landrum, very well. The French did too. There were...
Klenoski, Richard England and Leaflet Missions
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Richard Klenoski what his impressions of England were.] They lived in tents. It...
Spinato, Angelo England and Race Relations
Angelo Joseph Spinato's first four days at sea were beautiful. He was in an 88-ship convoy [Annotator's Note: with...
Blouin, Joseph England and the Fascinating Lady
It took a good month for Joseph Blouin to fly from West Palm Beach, Florida to England. The captain checking them in in...
Alspaugh, James England to Belgium
James Alspaugh's company [Annotator's Note: in the 102nd Infantry Division] was assigned to help in the kitchen [...
Catalano, Erico "Harry" England to France
Erico J. Catalano enjoyed being in England and meeting the local people. It was very pleasant. When the infantry troops...
Foerster, David England, the Azores and North Africa
David Foerster was in England for a short time. He had an uncle who was a colonel in the Army Signal Corps. His uncle...
Edwards, Marvin English Base and First Mission
Marvin Raymond Edwards and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 856th Bombardment Squadron, 492nd Bombardment Group, 8th Air...
Burrus, William English Ship and SS Troops
William Burrus shipped overseas to Europe on a slimy, English boat [Annotator's Note: 17 October 1944]. They had boiled...
Ronson, Harold Eniwetok, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima
Harold Ronson went to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, which later became famous for the atomic bomb testing [Annotator's...
Hardy, George Enlisting as an Aviation Cadet
George Hardy's father persuaded him to not join his brother in the Navy because of the race problem. He would be...
Kiefer, Keith Enlisting in the Air Force
Keith Kiefer was not sure that college was the right path for him. He considered going into the service. He and two...
Ebersole, William Enlisting in the Army Air Forces
William Ebersole was born in September 1924 in Arcadia, Florida. He graduated from high school there in June 1942 then...
Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Enlisting in the Marine Corps
Archibald Rackerby joined the Marine Corps on 27 December 1941 and went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note:...
Colburn, George Enlisting in the Marine Corps
On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston,...
Weber, Ed Enlisting in the Marine Corps
Ed Weber saw a movie with John Payne [Annotator's Note: John Howard Payne, American actor] and Maureen O'Sullivan [...
Edwards, Marvin Enlistment
Marvin Raymond Edwards enlisted because he felt he would be drafted, and he wanted to select the Air Force. He had...
Thompson, Thomas Enlistment and Assigned to a PT-Boat
Thomas D. Thompson enlisted [Annotator's Note: in the Navy in early 1943] because he has a fierce love of his country....
Harold, Paul Enlistment and Deployment
Harold Paul wanted to join the Air Corps [Annotator's Note: the US Army Air Corps, later the Air Forces] as an aerial...

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