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Lesniewski, Joseph From Basic Training to Jump School
Joseph Lesniewski went into the US Army Air Forces and was sent to California. He was in ten different camps while...
Kawamoto, Yukio From Bougainville to Luzon
[Annotator's Note: Yukio Kawamoto served in the Army as a Japanese interpreter with the 37th Infantry Division in the...
Parra, Pedro From Engineer Training to Kwajalein Atoll
[Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra was assigned to the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1943.] They did not...
Leopold, Vernon From England to Belgium
Vernon Leopold was trained as a radio operator at Camp Wolters, Texas then went into the ASTP, Army Specialized...
Knudsen, Elmer From Fort Driant to Saarlautern
Elmer Knudsen's unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Moore, Hilar From Guam to Iwo Jima
Hilar Moore was shipped to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] after the invasion started. He took...
Hughes, Lowell From Italy to Southern France
Lowell Hughes was out in front of the line at Anzio, Italy in no man's land putting up barbed wire. He had three trucks...
Ricks, Howard From Kwajalein to Saipan
Howard Ricks and the 4th Marine Division completed the battle of Roi-Namur in a few days. Many of the casualties were...
Wicklund, John From Leyte to Samar
As first scout, John Wicklund carried a Thompson submachine gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun...
Hauberg, Harold From Leyte to the War's End
Harold Hauberg [Annotator's Note: with Company D, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]...
Wolf, Robert From Louisiana to Austria
Robert Wolf trained in Louisiana in the summer of 1944. He then went to California to do amphibious training for the...
Fisch, Robert From Mauthausen to LIberation
Robert Fisch was an inmate of Mauthausen which was the largest concentration camp built in Austria. That was done after...
Wichterich, George From Normandy to the Bulge
[Annotators Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking George Wichterich about the hedgerow fighting in...
Hull, Lester From Oran to Anzio
Lester Hull and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 976th Field Artillery Battalion] spent several months in North...
Jackson, Arthur From Pavuvu to Peleliu
Arthur Jackson was in the hospital in Noumea, New Caledonia for three or four weeks before being shipped back to the...
Whitten, Sumner From Pearl Harbor to Midway
Sumner Whitten arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, west of Honolulu. The mess from the attack on Pearl Harbor was...
Jackson, Arthur From Peleliu to Okinawa
Arthur Jackson had his squad leader bring up some explosives and ammo but he was alone for the most part [Annotator's...
Audler, Richard From Ponam to Manila
Richard Audler shipped out of the United States and steamed for to the island of Ponam, located off Manus Island [...
Gatlin, Carl From Rome to France
[Annotator's Note: An off-camera male interjects throughout this clip.] Carl Robert Gatlin and his regiment [Annotator'...
Coolidge, Charles From Rome to Southern France
Charles Coolidge passed through Rome and went as far as Roccastrada where the Germans turned and surrounded the...
Addison, Arnold "A.C." From Tarawa to Saipan
Arnold Addison saw combat on Tarawa, Saipan and Okinawa. His first encounter with the Japanese on Tarawa brought to his...
Pomroy, Frank From the Airfield to Bloody Nose Ridge on Peleliu
The following morning, Frank Pomroy was told that they would cross the airfield [Annotator's Note: on Peleliu] at a...
Beeghly, Donald From the Bulge to the Remagen Bridge
When Donald Beeghly’s unit [Annotator's Note: the 142nd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (mobile)] arrived in...
Ito, Susumus From the French Riviera to Bavaria
After the mission of the Lost Battalion, Susumas Ito was sent back to the French Riviera for several months. [Annotator...
Coleman, Harper From the Hedgerows to the Siegfried Line
[Annotator's Note: There is a tape break, and the clip starts with Harper Harvey Coleman mid-sentence.] An 88 [...
Martin, Oscar From the Hürtgen Forest to the Battle of the Bulge
Oscar Otto Martin, being a combat medic, moved around in different companies of the 28th Infantry Division [Annotator's...
Sciortino, Philip From the Philippines to Japan
Philip Sciortino was sent to work at a refrigeration unit in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] when...
Huber, Robert From the Ruhr to the Rhine
Only one boat from Robert Huber's company [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 415th Infantry Regiment, 104th...
Garbo, William From War Dogs to Machine Guns
The Battle of the Driniumor River ended in August of 1944 after the Japanese 18th Army had been completely decimated....
Rogers, John Frozen Roads, Chow and Carrying a Tommy Gun
John Rogers recalls that the area they were operating in and out of was Modave, Belgium. Modave was where they lost the...
Skardon, Ben Fukuoka #3 and the Hoten POW Camp
After 49 days and three ships, and enduring the most horror and terror and fear Ben Skardon had ever known, he was...
Cruise, Leslie Furlough and Training
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has on his lap.] After the invasion of Normandy...
Jaccarino, Richard Further Action on Leyte
Richard Jaccarino cited the dedication of his platoon leader, mentioning that the man had been wounded earlier on Leyte...
Harris, Carroll Further Combat on Attu
Besides the attack from the Japanese scout, Carroll Harris did not have any other combat experiences with the Japanese...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." Further Combat on Okinawa and Getting Wounded
Some days after eliminating the machine gun position, Romus Burgin and his fellow Marines faced another machine gun...
Morgan, Thomas Gavutu and Guadalcanal
Thomas Edgar Morgan, Sr. was assigned to the 1st Marine Division (Reinforced) when they hit Gavutu [Annotator's Note:...

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