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Coolidge, Charles Ten Day Pass and Medal of Honor Ceremony
In January or February 1945 the company commander called Charles Coolidge to the company CP [Annotators note: Command...
Pomroy, Frank Tenaru River and Being Replaced by a National Guard Division
When the battle initially started, Frank Pomroy was positioned with a water-cooled machine gun [Annotator's note: .30...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Terrain on New Guinea and New Britain
Charles Womack remembers the terrain on New Guinea being thick jungles with vines growing wildly throughout and near...
Guarnere, William "Wild Bill" The jump into Normandy
[Annotators Note: William Guarnere was a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Pribyl, William The ABC Pipeline
According to William J. Pribyl, the pipeline that pumped petroleum to China made it to Myitkyina [Annotator's Note:...
Paris, Thomas The Aleutian Islands
Thomas Paris went from radio school to Houston [Annotator’s Note: Houston, Texas] in order to go to Alaska. He got his...
Lingo, Alfred The Aleutians
[Annotator's Note: Running water can be heard throughout segment.] Alfred A. Lingo returned from the Aleutian Islands...
Grugett, George The B-25 and First Mission
George Grugett says the B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] is a wonderful airplane....
Hayward, David The B-25 and India
David K. Hayward loved the B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber]. It seemed big to him...
Fox, Charles The Battle of Iwo Jima
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox's [Annotator’s Note: serving with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...
Luers, Harold The Battle of the Bulge
Harold Luers arrived in Scotland [Annotator's Note: with Regimental Headquarters, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th...
Walter, Robert The Battle of the Bulge
Robert Walter thinks the population of Krinkelt was about 5000 before the war. There was a church on Krinkelt. Water...
Davis, Jack The Battle of the Bulge
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Guidry, Lewis The Battle of the Bulge
Lewis Guidry entered combat first in France. The troops all knew exactly what to do and were prepared for their jobs....
Houseman, Donelson "Don" The Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Donelson Houseman served in the Army as the 81mm mortar platoon leader in Company D, 1st Battalion,...
Venverloh, Joseph The Battle of the Bulge
Joseph Venerloh was informed about the Battle of the Bulge from a notice on a bulletin board while they were in a rest...
Bornstein, Lester The Battle of the Bulge
Lester M. Bornstein and his unit [Annotator's Note: 168th Engineer Combat Battalion] were set up in a wooded area along...
Hamilton, Richard The Black March
On 6 February 1945, the prison guards marched Richard Henry Hamilton and the rest of the prisoners out of the camp [...
Williams, Robert The Bocage and Band of Brothers
[Annotator's Note: Robert L. Williams served in the Army as a paratrooper in Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th...
Marr, John W The Bridge
As John Marr led his advanced scout team back to the position of Captain Ben Schwartzwalder [Annotator's Note:...
Pizzolongo, Paul The Bronze Star, Performance of Duties and Losing Friends
Paul Pizzolongo received a Bronze Star for his work as a medic. He had the Medical Caduceus, Combat Medic Badge, and...
Claassen, Gerald The Bulge
Gerald Claassen was sent overseas to Europe and assigned to the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, 28th Infantry Division...
Gohlke, Marvin The Bulge and Siegfried Line
Marvin H. Gohlke went to basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia. The ASTP [Annotator's Note: generally referred to...
Combs, Monroe The Bulge and War's End
[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] In December 1944, Monroe "Tex" Combs [Annotator'...
O'Brien, Richard The Bulge and War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee shows the camera several pictures while he talks about events of World War 2.] In...
Evans, Donald The Bulge then Germany
Donald Evans stayed with his division [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] through the Bulge...
Shirley, John The Cassino Front
John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...
Burchell, Raymond The Causeway
Raymond Burchell remembers seeing many young men in the German Army. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf...
Acevedo, Anthony The Diary, Faith, and Tunnels
Anthony Acevedo started his diary a little at a time. He entered information about what was happening in his area. They...
Reynolds, Harley The end of the Sicilian campaign and the dreaded Screaming Mimis
Harley Reynolds thinks he was crazy to have assaulted that pillbox by himself. Only four hours before he had learned...
Reynolds, Harley The first 3 days in Sicily
Harley Reynolds recognizes that the invasion [Annotators Note: the invasion of Sicily] was fairly easy in terms of...
Renstrom, Keith The First Few Days on Iwo Jima
When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...
Leopold, Vernon The First Reunion
Vernon Leopold provides a description of his fellow soldiers, the commander and non-commissioned officer in his I...
Rice, Rip The German Underground
Rip Rice remembers they were trying to get the Germans to give up. They were going to take a town on the night of 18...
Colbert, Hugh The Germans Attack
On the evening of 15 December 1944, the night before the Germans opened up the massive offensive referred to as the...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" The Glenn Miller Band and General Henri Giraud
Blanche Gangwere was sent to Passau, Germany where she was billeted in an old castle on a hill. The castle was...

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