European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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John J. Cupina was born in 1926 in Binghamton, New York. His parents worked for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Factory in...
Harley Bridger was born in November 1923 in Searcy, Arkansas. He grew up in White County and his early days were great...
Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. was born in 1923 and raised in West Point, Mississippi. His father's family moved to...
Philip Whitman was born in May 1919 in Zion, Illinois. He lived there until he was 12 when he moved to Wenatchee,...
Marvin Raymond Edwards was born in Manhattan, New York City [Annotator's Note: Manhattan is one of the five boroughs in...
Dr. John Julien Zingheim was born in July 1923 in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose, California]. [Annotator's Note...
Martin Richard was born in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles in June 1924. His father was a cattleman and...
Roswell J. Weil was born in February 1916 in Alexandria, Louisiana. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer tries a...
John M. Roberts, called Jack, was born in Hamilton, Ohio in August 1924 and lived there until going into the Army. His...
Harry George Paege, Junior was born in November 1921 in South Bend, Indiana. His grandmother died and his grandfather...
When Bernard Ellenberg went into the service, he enlisted in the Army because he was told they would send him to school...
Donald Lewis was born in April 1934. In 1939, Lewis was five and on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic. His mother...
Frank J. Waldeck was born in May 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended high school there before studying accounting and...
Florence MacCallum was born in November 1920 in London, England. She grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Erna Louise Deiglmayr was born in Antwerp, Belgium. She had a close family. Her mother was one of many children. She...
Elfriede Clausen was born in July 1939, in Lindenau [Annotator's Note: Lindenau, Germany], about 20 miles from Dresden...
Itka Bloch was born in Poland in November 1925. She had four sisters and was the youngest. Her father was a carpenter...
Winfield K. "Win" Zerphey was born in October 1924 in the small town of Floren outside of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. He...
Johnnie A. Jones, Senior was born in November 1919 in Laurel Hill, Louisiana. He had three brothers and four sisters....
Floyd Stahl was born in October 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up on a farm near Alto, Michigan. He was the...
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J. D. Graddy was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky in March 1925. He was the fifth child in a family of 11 siblings. One...
Earl Roger Liston was born in October 1923 in Mitchell, South Dakota with four brothers. His father was a farmer who...
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with a conversation regarding how the interview is going to be accomplished.]...
Donald Rudolph Carlson was born in 1929 [Annotator's Note: in Chicago, Illinois]. Life was great growing up. His...
J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. was born in December 1919 and grew up in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He had one older brother and...
Charles Acker was born in February 1922 in Willow Grove [Annotator's Note: Willow Grove, Pennsylvania]. His father was...
[Annotator's Note: Coughing can be heard throughout this segment.] Allen Porter was born in Market, Michigan in 1925....
Warren William "Bill" Allen, Junior was born in January 1924 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He grew up with two younger...
George Grugett was born in McConnell, Tennessee which no longer exists. His father worked for the railroad. He moved...
Joseph Geary was born in Dallas, Texas in February 1924. He was an only child and was pampered by his parents. His...
Robert Wolf was born in New York City, [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in August 1925. His mother was from...
George Wesley McGee was born in April 1925 in Bridgeport, Nebraska. When McGee was nine years old the family moved to...
Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior was born in March 1923 in the Bronx [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...
L. Vinson Freeman, Jr., in his Army records it is Leslie V. Freeman, was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in June 1923. He...
Bud Loring was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. His father was an automotive, boat, and heavy construction mechanic....

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