European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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McKee, Ralph Segment 2
McKee relates the story of how his new crew lost their original Navigator and Bombardier when they bailed out of their...
Keema, John Segment 2
John Keema’s preflight training was essentially basic training and consisted of a lot of classroom work, marching, PT [...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 2
Joseph Armanini was assigned to bombardier school. He wanted to be a bombardier because as a bombardier you saw action...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 2
From Nebraska they flew to Bangor, Maine. There were 36 planes that flew out of Maine to go overseas. They were...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 2
Oscar Johnson went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery school and then to Lincoln, Nebraska to assemble the crew. From...
Crump, Ralph Segment 2
Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time....
Standifer, Leon Segment 2
Standifer was at Ft. Benning for 16 weeks. From there Standifer went to Camp McCain with the 94th Infantry. There were...
Zager, Raymond Segment 2
They [Annotator's Note: Raymond Zager and his fellow soldiers of the 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division]...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 2
The 3rd Infantry Division assimilated all of its regiments into the 3rd Division's headquarters at Fort Lewis,...
Gibbons, John Segment 2
John Gibbons met his future wife in Kansas before deploying overseas. Gibbons acted as the copilot for the flight...
Hannan, Philip M. Segment 2
The young men [Annotator’s Note: at the Florida Army Air Corps base] were very eager once they learned some of the...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 2
Ben Kuroki’s B-24 outfit was called to North Africa to help out with the British forces who were going against Rommel....
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 2
Stegmeier was told that he had shrapnel on his lung and that his feet appeared to be frozen. One doctor wanted to...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 2
Rackley was sent to Kearney, Nebraska for reassignment where he was given the keys to a brand new B-17 [Annotator’s...
Gross, Clayton Segment 2
Clayton Kelly Gross should have been on the first combat mission, but when it happened he was in the hospital with a...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 2
The Nazis were on their march throughout Europe but his family kept their trip [Annotator’s Note: their immigration to...
Billow, Harold Segment 2
Billow remembers going through France, Holland, and Luxemburg. The cities were destroyed by aerial bombardment. There...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 20
Freddie Ohr got back for Marie's graduation. He had to clean up a little bit when he landed then he joined them at the...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 21
Freddie Ohr notes that another day LeMay [Annotators Note: USAAF then USAF General Curtis LeMay] landed and was looking...
Billow, Harold Segment 3
At the field hospital, Billow realized he was wounded in the foot. They loaded him on a train back to England. He spent...
Baker, Dan Segment 3
Dan Baker was later assigned to the Vienna area command under General Mark Clark, where there was a four power command...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 3
The training also helped Lyle Bouck. It was new to all of them. The purpose of an I...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 3
Malarkey's group did not have pathfinders to identify the drop zone. Their pathfinders had gone down in the channel [...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 3
Clarence Anderson felt for his wife having to see her husband and son both going off to war during the Vietnam War....
Loevsky, Louis Segment 3
Loevsky talks about segregation in the US military during World War II.He discusses his father working in a foundry and...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 3
The invasion at Ormoc Bay was small and consisted mainly of destroyers and rocket firing landing craft.The Laffey [...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 3
Theodore Finkbeiner and the paratroopers he was with started heading toward Gela. Whenever they heard shooting they...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 3
Clinton Gardner witnessed a huge explosion at 5am in the afternoon [Annotator’s Note: on June 6th, 1944 Normandy D-Day...
Luckadoo, John Segment 3
John Luckadoo was a copilot in the 100th Bombardment Group based at Thorpe Abbotts. Dye [Annotators Note: Glen Dye, the...
Leahr, John Segment 3
Leahr was shipped overseas in early 1944. He had graduated in Class 43-G [Annotator's Note: Class 43-G graduated in...
Zawada, Robert Segment 3
Robert Zawada was assigned to the 20th Armored Division. They left from Fort Campbell, Kentucky and traveled by train...
Sabol, Emil Segment 3
Stalag Luft was for airmen only. Luft is the German word for air. There were 8000 or 10000 of them there. There were...
Phillips, Henry Segment 3
For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...
Kalil, Louis Segment 3
The men were glad to see their commander Lyle Bouck come in and replace their original platoon leader. None of the men...
Shoens, Robert Segment 3
The English were incredibly grateful for the American presence. Robert Shoens and his crew stuck together when they got...
Brissie, Lou Segment 3
Lou Brissie's Uncle Robert was around the same age as he was and was more like a brother to him. Robert was already in...

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