European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Crain, Joe Segment 12
During one of his trips back to the United States Alex Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero that had been...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 12
Lynn Compton does not remember when he went back to Normandy for the first time but realized war is fought on normal...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 12
The end of the war was approaching. Baum went to the command platoon, to Abrams, to get permission to rejoin the troops...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 12
When they landed in England, Charles Scheffel had been shuffled around as an officer in the regiment. He was all over...
Mann, Karl Segment 12
Mann doesn't recall smelling the camp before seeing it. Dachau was not as much of an extermination camp as it was a...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 12
[Annotator’s Note: This segment was a time code drop from the beginning of the second tape.] Joseph Armanini discusses...
Crump, Ralph Segment 12
One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 13
They were putting the gas into the vehicles that were selected to make the rest of the trip. Lyle Bouck recalled seeing...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 13
[Annotators Note: Clarence Anderson served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot flying P-51 Mustangs with the 363rd Fighter...
Luckadoo, John Segment 13
The war changed John Luckadoo’s life pretty drastically. He matured rapidly when faced with going out every day and...
Zawada, Robert Segment 13
Zawada realized the mission was a failure when they were under tank fire outside of Hammelburg and when he drove the...
Ford, Richard Segment 13
Richard Ford had 180 men in his company with six officers in his LCI [Annotators Note: Landing Craft Infantry] on D Day...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 13
Freddie Ohr went from Corsica Italy to Medina, Italy. They flew out of there on a short steel runway. They flew all of...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 13
Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...
Noack, John Segment 13
John Noack and the crew sat around and talked during Christmas. The day after all of the enlisted men were separated...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 13
After the war ended, Baum returned to New York to get some of his wounds taken care of. He was so happy, because of his...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 13
Charles Scheffel’s run in with Mr. Shaw [Annotators Note: George Bernard Shaw] was not included in his book Crack and...
Mann, Karl Segment 13
To Mann, Dachau was a major example of man's inhumanity to man.Maybe future generations can handle more effectively,...
Crump, Ralph Segment 13
Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life. He had worked in the shipyards prior to military...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 14
There were two black soldiers at the door yelling that the Germans were coming. Lyle Bouck and Kriz [Annotators Note:...
Zawada, Robert Segment 14
Zawada tried to run when he got hit, but he no idea how badly injured he was [Annotator's Note: during the Hammelburg...
Ford, Richard Segment 14
Richard Ford recalls one time when they got a bunch of replacements. He thought those guys were something else. Four or...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 14
Freddie Ohr made a dozen passes over the airfield. They went up to provide cover when the top flight went down. Finally...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 14
Leonard Spivey was at the airfield for a few days. They were at the airfield on V-E Day. All hell was breaking loose on...
Noack, John Segment 14
John Noack’s navigator wrote a letter home in code. Noack was allowed to write two letters home per month. They were...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 14
Baum recalls the POWs at Hammelburg and the concentration camps victims they encountered. They brought their...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 14
Charles Scheffel notes that had anyone else been there they would have done the same thing. There are people fighting...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 15
The project by John Eisenhower kick started Lyle Bouck's initiative to contact his former comrades. Bouck has been...
Zawada, Robert Segment 15
Zawada was trying to figure out what he was going to do [Annotator's Note: during the Hammelburg raid as a member of...
Ford, Richard Segment 15
Richard Ford is able to watch World War 2 movies. Most of the movies in his opinion are a bunch of BS. They do things...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 15
Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....
Noack, John Segment 15
John Noack was able to keep a fair distribution system set up in his barracks to ensure everybody got a decent share....
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 15
Baum goes on to discuss his career after the war. In 1948, he worked with the Israelis during that war. He advised them...

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