Tank warfare

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Martello, Dominic Kasserine Pass and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: Dominic Martello served in the Army as a half-track driver and gunner in Cannon Company, 39th...
Boitnott, Monty Kasserine Pass and War's End
Monty Joe Boitnott thought the strategy was ill advised at Kasserine Pass because they knew the enemy was coming. They...
Cale, Sterling Korean War
Sterling Cale was sent to Korea near Pusan while the rest of the transferred troops went to Sasebo, Japan. He was with...
Morgan, Fred La Fière and Gavin
Holding the bridge at La Fière [Annotator's Note: near Sainte-Mere-Eglise (Sainte-Mère-Église), France, 9 June 1944],...
Olson, Bud La Fière Bridge
Bud Olson [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne...
Shaner, Robert Landing at Luzon
Robert D. Shaner says that the landing at Luzon [Annotator's Note: Battle of Luzon, 9 January to 15 August 1945, Luzon...
Wells, Raymond Landing at Salerno
On 1 April 1943 Raymond Wells boarded a troop train to New York where they went aboard a ship. His brother Irwin, who...
Raner, Norman Landing in Italy
When Norman Raner got in the landing craft, he was told that the driver had landed on the beach three times, so Raner...
Sakato, George Landing in Italy then Invading Southern France
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Battalion [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Battalion] came together in...
Vaughn, Odell Landing in North Africa and the Battle of Kasserine Pass
Odell Vaughn and the 178th Field Artillery Battalion boarded an LST, Landing Ship Tank, vessel in England. The...
Compton, Bryan Landing in Sicily
Bryan Compton and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 120th Medical Battalion, 45th Infantry Division] arrived in...
Squire, Vernon Landing on Omaha Beach
One day, Vernon Squire looked up and the sky was covered with airplanes; bomber, fighter, and glider formations. He...
Pomroy, Frank Landing on Peleliu
Frank Pomroy relates how the amphibious tanks [Annotator's Note: Landing Vehivle, Tracked, or LVT] went out of the LSTs...
Mace, Sterling Landing on Peleliu
Sterling Mace had various individuals in his platoon for the assault on Peleliu. There was Jim McEnery, the platoon...
Jagers, Robert Landings at Sicily and Palermo
Robert Jagers' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351] had no defensive weapons. They started out with three-inch 50s...
Maltbie, Archie Last Missions and War's End
Archie Maltbie flew one of his last missions of the war against a very large German ammunition dump. There was a huge...
Raner, Norman Leaving North Africa
Norman Raner and his unit [Annotator's Note: 3rd Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th...
Marr, John W Lessons from La Fiere
For John Marr it is paramount to relentlessly train military leadership based on the lessons learned from failed...
Marr, John W Levy's Outpost
After Lieutenant John Marr and the rest of Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment crossed the La Fiere causeway,...
Hegerty, Ghislaine LIberated by the British
Ghislaine Hegerty and her city [Annotator's Note: Courtrai, Belgium] were liberated by the British after harsh fighting...
Bauer, Wynn Liberating American Prisoners
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...
Redmond, Leroy Liberating Moosburg
Word from intelligence was that Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] would make a stand in Bavaria [...
Linquata, Michael LIberation
Michael Linquata saw a group of Allied light tanks open the gates of the POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp...
Kleiner, Leona Liberation
Leona Kleiner views her liberation as the best thing in her life except for her family. [Annotator's Note: Kleiner left...
McLaurine, Luke Liberation and Postwar Service
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was liberated on 29 April [Annotator's Note: 29 April 1945]. A pitched battle was fought...
Flanagan, Earl Liberation of Concentration Camp Survivors
Earl Flanagan and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 71st Infantry Division] successfully cut the Autobahn between Berlin [...
Wells, Raymond Life After War
Raymond Wells retired from the service in June 1983. After retiring, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas but eventually...
Mason, Alfred Life in the Field
Heywood Mason [Annotator's Note: a Private 1st Class in the US Army 88th Infantry Division] dug foxholes, and when rain...
Inge, Herndon Limberg to Hammelburg Prison Camp
To Herndon Inge, Junior, the German soldiers were just like American G.I.s [Annotator's Note: government issue; also a...
Mason, Raymond Looting in Germany
Raymond Mason remembers there was looting [Annotator’s Note: Mason is referring to entering Germany]. He put the rule...
Jaber, Anton Losing a Buddy Near the End of the War
They [Annotator’s Note: Anton Jaber and other American forces] had been on the Roer River where the dam had been...
Jindra, Leonard Losing Friends in Combat
Leonard Jindra lost friends at the point of a German ambush [Annotator's Note: on 10 June 1944 while serving as an...
Ward, Johnnie Luckiest Man
[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward jumped into France with the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Poliseno, Dominick Mainland Italy
Dominick Frank Poliseno compares his first amphibious landing in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy] to the second...
Dietrick, Alfred Maneuvering in Salerno
After making it to relative safety [Annotator's Note: during the fighting around Salerno, Italy], Alfred Dietrick...
Brister, Delano Manuevers and other Events
Delano Brister knew that the headquarters for Colonel Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower would...

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