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Dillon, Gerard Jump School to Normandy
Everybody was scared the first time, and every time they jumped out of an airplane. Gerard Dillon says that if you were...
Hanson, Kenneth Growing Up in the Depression
Kenneth J. Hanson was born in Scobey, Montana in July 1924 inside of an abandoned railroad station while his father was...
Schraub, Jesse The Effects of the Bulge
Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortarman in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...
Sykes, Ralph Reflections
Ralph Sykes does not remember how he heard about Goering [Annotator's Note: German Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering]...
Barksdale, Battle West Point Military Academy
Battle Malone Barksdale was in H Company [Annotator's Note: Company H - unable to further identify - at the United...
Brantley, Vernon Prewar Life and Entry into the Military
Vernon Brantley was born in Sturgis, Kentucky in September 1924. He moved to South Bend, Indiana with his family...
Kuwayama, Yeiichi "Kelly" Prewar Life and Education
Kelly Kuwayama's official name is Yeiichi but everybody calls him Kelly. Kelly's first sergeant gave him the nickname,...
Gantz, Walter Treating Physical and Mental Wounds
They [Annotator's Note: Walter "Babe" Gantz and the 95th Medical Battalion] went to Brierley Hill, England. The people...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 8
At some point after Theodore Finkbeiner returned to his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th...
LaPook, Sidney From Jersey City to Fort Sill
On 10 June 1942 Sidney LaPook graduated from NYU Dental College. He became engaged to his future wife that same day. At...
Ericson, John Glider Training to the Bulge
John Ericson went through a training period [Annotator's Note: after being assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 194th...
Pena, William Concluding Reflections
William Pena remembers how readjusting to life with his crippling injury was very difficult. Life without part of his...

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