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US soldiers and civilians pray in a church, Italy, 1943
Photograph. US soldiers and civilians pray in a church.
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Altman, Daniel Combat in Europe
[Annotator’s Note: Voices can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] Daniel Altman and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 16th Infantry Regim
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Anderson, William The War Ends
William Anderson returned to San Diego [Annotator's Note: California] on Thanksgiving Day [Annotator's Note: 22 November] 1945.
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Arst, Paul First Combat and Being Wounded
Paul Arst joined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division] right after they cross
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Azemar, Gerard Early Life and Becoming a Soldier
Gerard L. Azemar was born in Thibodeaux, Louisiana in August 1923. He grew up there. It was a small town where everyone knew everyone else.
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Baptiste, Wallace Segment 7
After Baptiste left the Solomons he was sent to new construction.
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Barnett, William Army Training
In June 1943, two weeks before his 18th birthday, William M.
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Bauer, Wynn Prewar to Drafted
Wynn Bauer was born Clay Center, Kansas in September 1923. He grew up on a farm. He went to a two-room school with about 66 kids.
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Baxter, Lionel Guard Duty at Buchenwald
The worst thing [Annotator's Note: about the war] for Lionel Baxter was that after the war was over, he was a guard at Buchenwald [Annotator
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Beard, Kenneth Farm Boy to Service in Alaska
Kenneth Beard was born on a farm in Sullivan, Ohio in March 1922. He took a farm wagon to school and grew up in a home with no electricity.
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Beck, Carl Operation Market Garden
Carl Beck jumped into Eerde, Holland using a leg bundle with an A6 machine gun [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1919A6 light machine gun] and 2
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Biondo, Frank The Normandy Invasion
Frank Biondo was on deck crossing the English Channel for D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944].