Treating wounded

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Paynter, Don Learning to Smoke
Donald Dean Paynter came back, finished school with an engineering degree, and went to work for Shell Oil Company. He...
Smith, Louis Leaving Iwo Jima Alive
The morning after he was injured, Louis Smith learned that his platoon leader and squad leader were dead. The assistant...
Pomroy, Frank Leaving Peleliu, Losing a Friend, and Recovering from Wounds
Once Frank Pomroy was brought to the beach he was treated by a Navy corpsman and evacuated from Peleliu to a hospital...
Cohn, Marthe Leaving Vietnam
Marthe Cohn was the chief of a hospital at the DMZ [Annotator's Note: the Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam; then French...
Lengsfield, Jack Lengsfield's Last Bombing Mission
When there were indications that both German fronts were collapsing, Jack Lengsfield knew the war would soon be over....
Garten, Perry Lessons Learned
Perry Garten removed wounded troops from the combat zones in his glider. The injured Australians were very stoic but...
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,...
Geiger, John Leyte Gulf
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] was...
Galbraith, Wendell Liberated by Russians
On 9 April [Annotator's Note: 9 April 1945], Russian shock troops burst into the hospital where Wendell Galbraith was a...
Jucksch, William "Bill" Liberating Gunskircken
The forward observers were doing their "usual thing" looking for a high point when William Jucksch said they came upon...
Hagans, Benjamin Liberation
Benjamin Hagans was in Cabanatuan [Annotator’s Note: Cabanatuan, Philippines] for all of 1944 and part of 1945. He...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Liberation
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and other internees [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Damberg, Wanda LIberation
Wanda Damberg got up to go to the bathroom one morning and saw a nun along the way [Annotator’s Note: Damberg was in...
Baum, Irving Liberation to Dachau
Irving Baum and his friends were talking and saying that their hometown newspaper would not believe that they met up. [...
Hagans, Benjamin Life as a POW
Benjamin Hagans was sent to the west side of Mindanao [Annotator’s Note: Mindanao, the Philippines]. His job was to...
Faust, Frank Life as a Submarine Doctor
While in Hawaii, Frank Faust can remember submarines would come in for repair and overhaul, and the crew members would...
Rans, Robert Life at Timisu de Jos
Robert Rans was placed in a room with three other wounded prisoners of war at the Timisul de Jos prison camp in Timisu...
Grunte, Leon Life in a Russian Prison Camp
Leon Grunte was locked up in a cattle truck going to prison in the Soviet Union. He went through parts of Latvia. He...
Hayashi, Nobuo Life in Nishinomiya During War
Nobuo Hayashi remembers listening to the radio and hearing how Japan had to attack Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...
Bueker, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] was treated quite well by...
Day, Morris "Gene" Life in the Field
During the voyage overseas, Morris Eugene Day helped treat the men who got seasick. He was able to eat the Navy food,...
Fulco, Joseph Life in the Field
The first time Joseph P. Fulco went into combat, he did not know what to expect. When in combat, he immediately hit the...
Long, Catherine Life in the WAVES
Catherine Long lived in a barracks with four other WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...
Carlson, Clarence Life on Base and VE-Day
The different crews in Clarence Carlson's squadron [Annotator's Note: 555th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment...
Bayuk, Rose Life on Board the Medical Ship
A regular day for Rose Bayuk "going over" on the hospital ship [Annotator's Note: USAHS Thistle] consisted of setting...
Solomon, Robert Life on Guadalcanal
Robert M. Solomon remembers that it was very hot during monsoon season. [Annotator’s Note: He was stationed on...
Dunne, Edward Life on Ship During D-Day
Edward Dunne's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-53] had a big ramp that the tanks would go off of. There were six...
O'Hara, Richard Life on Tinian
Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...
Dillon, Gerard Losing a Man and Wounded
Gerard Dillon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Radford, Charles Losing Friends and Hating the Enemy
After the combat that Charles Radford initially saw, a feeling of hatred began brewing towards the Germans. The fact...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Losing Pilots
Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...
O'Rorke, James Loss of Bataan
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a member of Signal Corps Aircraft Warning, 5th Interceptor Command,...
Alair, Gene Loss of the USS Astoria (CA-34)
Gene Alair was in the South Pacific for many months. He was on a Transport Division Commander's Staff, CTD8. They had...
Sterrie, Norman Loss of the USS Lexington (CV-2)
Norman Sterrie was spotted over the forward elevator just as an explosion below lifted the elevator and him in his TBD...
Urban, Raymond Losses on Bougainville
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was at Bougainville, Papua New Guinea with Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-12).] It...
Marich, Robert Manila and Raid on Los Baños
Robert Marich's unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne...

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