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Tunnicliff, Ed First Combat Experience
Ed Tunnicliff describes his first combat experience. At the front was a German pilot they called Bed Check Charlie. The...
Breen, Vernon Coming Under Fire
Traveling on, Vernon Breen says he thinks the next town they approached was Achensee {Annotator's Note: assume he is...
Frodyma, Edmund Wounded and War’s End
Edmund Frodyma [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Division],...
Dillon, Gerard Refusal to Jump and the Start of Operation Varsity
Gerard Dillon only had one situation where someone refused to jump. They were going to make a practice jump in France....
Bache-Wiig, John First Combat Heroics
John Bache-Wiig, Jr.'s first combat objective was at Philippsbourg, France. On 4 and 5 January [Annotator's Note:...
League, Ray Combat Introduction and POWs
Ray League was introduced into combat when his colonel [Annotator's Note: US Army Colonel William E. Carraway,...
Brown, Bernard War's End and Return Home
Bernard Brown and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 410th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry...
Milkis, Abe Reflections
Abe Milkis found the German troops to be good fighters. At the end, the enemy soldiers were just a bunch of young kids...
Lazinger, Sol Reflections
Sol Lazinger received many awards for his military service. While on a patrol, he was crawling in a beet field near the...
Meyer, William Wounded in Combat
[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Meyer was assigned as a rifleman with...
Cupina, John Being Under Fire
John J. Cupina recalled receiving a lot of enemy fire in a small village in Germany soon after they crossed the Rhine...
Hackman, Delbert Cologne, Germany
Delbert Franklin Hackman [Annotator's Note: a mechanic with Headquarters Battery, 391st Armored Field Artillery...

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