European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Terrebonne, Leo Pre-War Career
Leo Terrebonne went to work in 1942 for Higgins Industries at the Industrial Canal Plant. He was out of school, and...
Rice, Darold Pre-War Life
Darold Rice was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1925. During the Great Depression, Darold’s father worked in the Chevrolet...
Tunnicliff, Ed Pre-War Life
Ed Tunnicliff was born in December 1925 in Ord, Nebraska. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a...
Pena, William Pre-War Life and Enlistment
William Pena was born in Laredo, Texas and attended a Catholic middle school and public high school. He was the editor...
Smith, Samuel Preflight School
Samuel W. Smith was sent to California for preflight school. They were put on a troop train for Santa Ana, California....
Broll, Walter Prelude to the Attack on Bari
Walter Broll and his ship the Grace Abbott were in the harbor of Bari, Italy for two weeks before the attack took place...
Creek, Roy Preparation for Normandy
Roy Creek thought they were well prepared for Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Duhon, Larris Preparations for D-Day
Larris Duhon was assigned to the 300th Engineer Combat Battalion and was sent overseas to Europe from Camp Shanks [...
Bosworth, Paul Preparing for a Mission
The first thing Paul Bosworth would do before a mission was get dressed and eat. They could be in the air for hours....
Doolan, Robert Preparing for a Typical Bombing Mission
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Doolan to describe how a bombing mission would go.] They would be...
McGlaun, DeQuindre Preparing for Combat
DeQuindre McGlaun was flying B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] that did not have...
Raaen, John Preparing for D-Day
John Raaen found England to be great duty in preparation for the invasion. It was apparent that the equipment buildup...
Baumgarten, Harold Preparing for D-Day
In late April [Annotator's Note: April 1944], they [Annotator's Note: Harold Baumgarten and the rest of the 29th...
Cruise, Leslie Preparing for D-Day
[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus and Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has off camera.]...
Craig, James Preparing for D-Day
James Craig remembers when Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, Supreme...
Schultz, Philip Preparing for D-Day
Philip Schultz went through basic training like any other new recruit. Subsequently, he sailed to England and was there...
Blakey, Thomas Preparing for D-Day
[Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Thomas J. Blakey to tell him what it was like a few days before D-Day; the...
Ollar, Vernon Preparing for D-Day
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Vernon Ollar was assigned to...
Seltzer, Arthur Preparing for D-Day
After landing in Glasgow, Scotland, Arthur Seltzer took a train down to a town near Liverpool called Congleton Cheshire...
Schafer, Leon Preparing for Invading Europe
[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was taking part in Operation Tiger, or Exercise Tiger, April 1944, preparing for the D-...
Reynolds, Harley Preparing for Normandy
Harley Reynolds and his unit disembarked from Sicily near the beach where they landed. There was a convoy on the way...
Bertolini, Roger Preparing for Normandy
Roger Bertolini served in the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He did his basic training at Camp...
Sadler, Richard Preparing for Operation Overlord
In January 1944, Burt Richard Sadler started training in northern England. They did training in night time amphibious...
Madden, Paul Preparing for Overseas Deployment
In March 1944, Paul Hilton Madden Jr. spent several months training as an infantryman with the 95th Infantry Division...
Evans, Donald Preparing for Sicily
Before Donald Evans and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] got to go on the...
Reitmeier, George Preparing for the Battle of the Bulge
George Reitmeier belonged to F Company, 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division. After completing his infantry...
Stern, Guy Preparing for War in Europe
In 1944, Guy Stern and his unit were broken into six-man intelligence teams. They were on an Australian fruit boat, the...
Aalders, Johannes Preparing for Wartime
Johannes Aalders was born in February in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. He grew up with two younger sisters. His father...
Colbert, Hugh Preparing to go Home
The worst aspects about Hugh Colbert's prisoner of war experience included his uncertainty regarding the future, the...
Evans, Donald Preparing to Invade Europe
Donald Evans got orders to ship out around June [Annotator's Note: June 1944]. He thought they [Annotator's Note: 66th...
Schafer, Leon Preparing to Invade Japan
Leon Schafer reported to CINPAC [Annotator's Note: Commander-in-Chief Pacific; US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz...
Colson, Earl Preparing to Invade Japan
Earl Colson [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division] did not have more than skirmishes in the Philippines...
Uttero, Cosmo Prepping for an Invasion
Somewhere around May [Annotator's Note: May 1944], the training became more intense, and Cosmo Uttero knew something...
Dietrick, Alfred Prepping for Combat
Alfred Dietrick went into combat on 9 September 1943 [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry...
Forcinella, Frank Presidential Unit Citation
Frank Forcinella was wounded on 18 January [Annotator's Note: 18 January 1945]. He was back with his unit [Annotator's...
Nannini, James Prewar
James Nannini was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1923. His father and mother were both Italian immigrants who left...

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