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Morgan, Thomas Guadalcanal
Thomas Edgar Morgan, Sr. was discharged from the Marines as a Sergeant. While fighting on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note...
Goble, Joseph Guadalcanal
Joseph Goble and the 7th Marine Regiment [Annotator's Note: Goble served as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st...
Gulotta, James Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: James Gulotta served in the Army as an intelligence and reconnaissance team leader in the 21st...
Kelley, Archie Guadalcanal and Tarawa
Later on [Annotator's Note: in the war] in the atolls on the way to China, the destroyers would go into the lagoons...
Marolda, Theodore Guadalcanal Assault
Theodore Marolda received orders to board a transport bound for the Solomon Islands after it was discovered the...
Martin, Charles Guam
Charles Martin was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator’s Note: in Oceanside, California] when they formed the 1st Amphibious...
Haslauer, Warren Guam to Home
After finishing up in Guam [Annotator's Note: Second Battle of Guam, 21 July to 10 August 1944 at Guam, Mariana Islands...
Stevens, Kenneth Guam to Iwo Jima
Kenneth E. Stevens and his outfit were the first Marines to get into the Poway Valley [Annotator's Note: in Poway,...
Lutz, William Guam to Leyte
William Lutz thought there would be more firing of weapons. He sat behind a machine gun. It was different from the...
Lutz, William Guam to Okinawa
William Lutz remembers that his unit [Annotator’s Note: 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division] was constantly...
Toledo, Bill Guam, Iwo Jima, and War's End
Bill Toledo was sent from Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands with Headquarters Company, 3rd...
Fadem, Leroy Guam, New Guinea and Morotai
Leroy Fadem and the USS Stevens (DD-479) were part of the invasion force attacking Guam [Annotator's Note: in July 1944...
Tillery, Allen Guarding POWs on Guam
Allen Tillery left Tinian in late December 1944 and was sent to Guam. When he got there he was assigned to the Japanese...
Daniels, Don Guns and Weather on Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Don Daniels to describe moving across the island during the Battle of Iwo Jima...
Stewart, Roy Hard Fighting on Iwo Jima
Roy Stewart can recall when the Marines raised the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. He was at an airfield and heard...
Young, James Hard Fighting on Peleliu
During his first night on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...
Fisch, Robert Harsh German Treatment
Robert Fisch had contracted a fever. [Annotator's Note: He had been exposed to typhus at the Austrian border on his way...
Lewis, Noah Hawaii
When Noah Lewis got to Hawaii, there was only one hotel near Waikiki Beach [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii], but he...
Scales, James Hawaii and the War's End
Returning to Maui [Annotator's Note: returning to Maui, Hawaii from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] was the first...
Beard, Oral Hawaii to New Guinea
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Kern, Frank Hawaii, Saipan and Tinian
Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] traveled to...
Campbell, Donald Headed for Iwo Jima
After a 24 hour leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Donald Campbell reported to...
Franzky, Gerhard Heading For Belgium
The seven men reached a town that had a substantial German presence and they saw officers sending men to different...
Rice, Darold Heading Inland
Darold Rice and his men made their way over the sand dunes and passed by the bodies of several dead Germans. They came...
Pena, William Heading to Elsenbourne
William Pena’s two sergeants were taken from him after one night and were transferred so he was given a new sergeant...
Tunnicliff, Ed Heading to Salem, Germany
Ed Tunnicliff was assigned to another tank. A couple days later, after they got knocked out, he thought he was the only...
Shirley, John Heading to Strasbourg
John Shirley [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division] was moving toward...
Harris, Robert "Bob" Heartaches and Casualties
Robert H. "Bob" Harris lost a friend and former classmate in an event he will never forget. During a mission briefing...
Alter, Joseph Hedgerow Combat
The hedgerows were maybe 1,000 years old and enclosed every acre or two. Joseph Alter says some of them were eight feet...
Bowers, Roger Hedgerow Experience
Roger Bowers and his unit [Annotator's Note: 103rd Medical Battalion, 28th Infantry Division] spent their first night...
Quinn, Harry Hedgerow Fighting
Harry Quinn and his buddy attempted to locate the paratroopers the day after the landing [Annotator’s Note: the date...
Gast, William Hedgerows
William Earl Gast was assigned to the 743rd Tank Battalion [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, 1st...
McMullen, Milton Hell Ship and Sabotage
Milton L. McMullen, Sr. and other men were crammed into a ship heading to Japan [Annotator's Note: as a Japanese...
Crowley, Daniel Hell Ships and Copper Mines
The Japanese would push the prisoners down into the bottom of the ships and force them to sleep on wooden platforms....
Warne, Therese Hiding out
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Higgins, Francis "Jack Higgins" Higgins Boats and PT Boats
Francis Higgins recalls the story of how Philippine mahogany wood was secured to build the PT boats. He [Annotator's...
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