European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Brissie, Lou Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Lou Brissie served in the army as an infantryman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment...
Ford, Richard Segment 4
Richard Ford left Bampton and went through Tidworth, England. They were there in the winter of 1942 to 1943. They were...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 4
Onesi recalls his time in the prisoner of war (POW) camps. If they were not sergeants, they would have been better off...
Murphy, Robert Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 4
When they left St. Lo, they were in dairy and farming country. The farms were laid out in squares and there were mounds...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 4
After being wounded and recovered by his men, Richard Duchossois was put on the first train out of Verdun and taken to...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 4
Rankin's squadron [Annotator's Note: 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group] had an apartment in London that the men...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 4
Mancel Kirk and his fellow Company G, 168th Infantry Regiment GIs stayed in that area for four or five days then they...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 4
Afterwards, Paluch saw Peiper [Annotator's Note: Jochen Peiper, field officer in the Waffen-SS and personal adjutant to...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 4
The GI that helped Currey with the bazooka was Adam Lucero.Currey recalled the events of the actions that lead to him...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 4
Twenty minutes out of his home base and Barney Old Coyote was in enemy territory. is first mission was to Rouen, France...
Jackson, Donald Segment 4
In Africa they were out in the desert were the French Foreign Legion was training and were headquartered. They worked...
Bell, Bryan Segment 4
Bell and his men got up that morning and as they stood in formation outside the house, the Germans woke up and walked...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 4
They proceeded on and went to the Rhine River, in the town of Remagen. Troops ahead of them had secured the Remagen...
Doi, Michael Segment 4
While Michael Doi was overseas his family and everyone he knew from Oxnard [Annotators Note: Oxnard, California] was...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 4
Biddle was not allowed to return to combat because he was being put up for the Medal of Honor. He was told that he had...
Christie, Robert Segment 4
Robert Christie was in combat for a few weeks before his tank was hit. They had to bail out of their tank. He was not...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 4
Freddie Ohr was given a depth perception test. The depth perception test was kind of tricky. It entailed having Ohr...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 4
Steve Pisanos flew the Spitfire, the P-51 Mustang, and the P-47. To him the Spitfire was the best for defending a city...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...
Woods, Edward Segment 4
Of all the ports Woods visited he liked Panama the best because it was like being back at home. There was a good...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 4
Leonard Spivey had to part ways with the “Georgia Rebel” and Ocie Jones. The next mission of importance was when Spivey...
Noack, John Segment 4
John Noack and his crew finally got a plane. They took their time in breaking it in. Finally they received orders to go...
Baynham, James Segment 4
It was surprising to Baynham when his parachute opened. He could see a power line that he was being blown toward. He...
Crain, Joe Segment 4
Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...
Hawk, John Segment 4
Hawk arrived in England and took a C-47 across the English Channel to France. His aircraft landed on an airstrip on the...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 4
When they were in the prisoner of war camp in Serbia the Serbs would go out on work details. Milosevich was able to...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 4
Lynn Compton was not told about the upcoming invasion while he was in Holborn. Compton could tell by the outlay of land...
Crain, Joe Segment 4
When Crain got a chance to examine his boat he noticed there were about 50 to 75 marks in the steel where bullets had...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 4
Ardell Bollinger had a couple of missions near Paris and Hamburg going after submarines. The cities had a large amount...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 4
Baum's combat command was a reserve command and the 1st 1 into the area at the front of the division. They came under a...
Spencer, David Segment 4
David Paul Spencer carried a .30 caliber M1 carbine. When he was in his hole and woke up to four dead Krauts around him...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Charles Scheffel served in the army as an infantry officer. He was sent to England with five other...
Mann, Karl Segment 4
There was a lot more action at night than during the day.The Allied troops on the Anzio beachhead were made up of...
Weinart, John Segment 4
John Weinart notes that the Virgin Mary prayer card experience is in the book that he wrote. The Bronze Star that...
Cokinos, Michael Segment 4
For the remainder of the war Michael Cokinos was a company commander in the 83rd Infantry Division. He served as a...

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