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Smith, Jacques Combat on Leyte
Jacques Brewster Smith remembers the island of Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] being all jungle and...
Harris, Oran Palawan Island
Oran Harris did not know the exact nature of his mission on Palawan Island until he reached the prison. A Navy ship in...
Behr, Peter Overseas to the Philippines
Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...
Shima, Terry Grant Ichikawa
Terry Shima is grateful to be interviewed by the National Military Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum...
Grass, Philip The Philippines
Philip Grass remembers that a Japanese captain was killed the first day they were there [Annotator’s Note: referring to...
Paret, Peter Balancing the Combat Scales
Drafted into the Army in 1943, Peter Paret was thrown in with unfamiliar types, and became a fairly solitary man. His...
Hebert, Richard Service in the Philippines
After completing basic training in the Army, Richard Hebert, Sr. was shipped to California and then boarded a troop...
Hahn, Clifford Leyte
Clifford Albert Hahn landed at Baybay on Leyte Island in the Philippines. He saw MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...
Kaylor, Emmett Going Home, Joining the Airborne and Pre-Deployment Training
It took them 12 days to get back to California [Annotator's Note: returning from Japan after the war]. Emmett Kaylor...
Cole, John First Combat Experience
About a day away from Hawaii, while John H. Cole was headed for Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall...
Garbo, William Being Ambushed
A day after William Garbo and his machine gun squad successfully ambushed a group of Japanese soldiers in a mountain...
Jennings, Edward The Philippines
Edward Bruce Jennings never saw so many planes bombing a place. The naval bombardment was terrible as well. They could...

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