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Angst, Lawrence Normandy Landing and Moving Inland
[Annotator's Note: Lawrence Angst landed in Normandy, France one week after the 6 June 1944 D-Day invasion]. The heavy...
Luce, Dwain Normandy then England
Going into this invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] was not...
Abate, Sam Normandy to the Rhineland
Sam V. Abate was attached to the 1st Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Abate was a member of Reconnaissance Company...
Luce, Dwain North Africa
Dwain Luce left for North Africa from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The battleship USS Texas (BB-35...
Baker, Sterling North Africa and Being Torpedoed
Sterling Baker was training in the Chesapeake Bay when he learned his unit had gone on leave and he did not get to. He...
Buckner, Jack North Africa and General Patton
Jack Buckner and his aircrew would get orders each late afternoon as to what bombs to load. They did not know the...
Raner, Norman North Africa and Italy
Norman Raner fought mostly Germans when he was in North Africa [Annotator's Note: with 3rd Platoon, Company I, 3rd...
Dixon, Leon North Africa to Europe
After training, Leon Dixon headed to Europe. He was going to defend his country. He went to North Africa and landed in...
Francis, Norman North versus South
Dr. Norman Francis was on a panel at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Luce, Dwain Northern Ireland and Normandy
Dwain Luce was staging in Northern Ireland for the invasion of Europe [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Not An Easy Story to Tell
Ittsei Nakagawa never wanted to talk about it [Annotator's Note: surviving the atomic bomb detonation over Hiroshima,...
Soskin, Betty Not Being Allowed to Serve
Betty Soskin remembers the blackouts. She worked in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] in a...
Kaiser, Raymond Not Many Japanese
Raymond Kaiser never saw large concentrations of troops. The largest he saw was about 25. He was flying wingman when he...
Keller, Luba Numbers Save Her Life
Luba Keller says she was liberated by the Russians in Feldafing, Germany. The Russians came in the morning and the...
Bussel, Norman Nuremberg
Norman Bussel was in prison in Stalag Luft IV [Annotator’s Note: Stalag Luft IV (Stammlager Luft IV), Gross Tychow,...
Yackel, Eugene Nuremberg to Dachau
After Aschaffenburg [Annotator's Note: Aschaffenburg, Germany], Eugene Yackel went through Nuremberg [Annotator's Note...
Reilly, Joseph Nuremberg Trials
Catholic nuns looked after the wounded in Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France], Holland, and Bastogne [...
McCalla, Anna Nursing School
Anna McCalla Noren was born in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1921. She grew up on a farm with her parents and four siblings...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Nursing School and Deaths
Ora Hicks went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri] for nursing training in 1933. She had taught school...
Sparacino, Paul Oath of Secrecy
The USS Princeton (CV-37) could not get close to the island [Annotator's Note: Johnston Atoll, United States Minor...
Payne, Robert Observer Plane Duties
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Payne if it was hard to stick his neck out in combat when the war was...
Stiles, John Occupation and Home
John Stiles took part in the occupation of Japan. He had to get a driver's license for Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...
Wise, Curtis Occupation and Home
Curtis Winfred Wise [Annotator's Note: with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Infantry Division]...
Shaner, Robert Occupation and Jungle Juice
Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...
McGovern, Robert Occupation and Postwar Life
Robert E. McGovern was never in any combat while he was in the Philippines because he arrived soon after World War 2...
Greene, Whayland Occupation and Returning Home
Whayland Harvel Greene [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division] was assigned...
Yamamoto, Albert Occupation by American Forces
In October of 1945 United States forces came to occupy Matsuyama [Annotator's Note: Matsuyama, Japan] and had a formal...
Ellis, Frederick Occupation Duties
Shortly after Frederick Ellis reached Japan and the point system was in place for sending them home. The points got...
Daniels, Don Occupation Duty
Learning of the Japanese surrender was a relief for Don Daniels. He was on a ship off Honolulu [Annotator's Note:...
Twigger, William Occupation Duty
William J. Twigger's duty [Annotator's Note: with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division]...
Sapp, Walter Occupation Duty
Walter Sapp was part of the occupying force [Annotator's Note: in Berlin, Germany] and they had a non-fraternization...
Reitman, Seymour Occupation Duty
Seymour Reitman was near Regensburg, Austria, when Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd...
Stone, Leno Occupation Duty
The Army moved Staff Sergeant Leno E. Stone and the section [Annotator’s Note: of the 44th Infantry Division] he...
Smith, Dale Occupation Duty
[Annotator's Note: Dale Smith served in the Navy aboard the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19) and was at Kamakura,...
Carter, Donald Occupation Duty
Word of the German surrender reached Don Carter. The end of the war signals its most dangerous phase as, although the...
Rosenbloom, Myers Occupation duty
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was a payroll clerk [Annotator's Note: in the 2nd Marine Division]. Everyone was trained in...

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