European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Shoens, Robert Segment 6
Robert Shoens notes that they used to argue about certain things at their reunions. There were other missions when...
Brissie, Lou Segment 6
On the night of 6 December [Annotator's Note: 6 December 1944] Lou Brissie was called and told to have his men ready to...
Ford, Richard Segment 6
Richard Ford recalls a nasty day in England. Eisenhower came through with his staff. There were RAF [Annotators Note:...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 6
As they traveled through Germany [Annotator's Note: during his time spent as a prisoner of war (POW), Onesi remembers...
Murphy, Robert Segment 6
Robert Murphy's platoon leader, Lieutenant Dolan [Annotators Note: First Lieutenant John J. Dolan, also know as Red Dog...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 6
The 2nd Division took Leipzig, Germany. It was heavily fortified. In Leipzig they found doorways and stairways that led...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 6
Richard Duchossois and his company were set up on the south eastern tip of the Bulge [Annotators Note: during the The...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 6
Rankin got two confirmed, one probable, and one "damaged" during a fight on 15 March [Annotator’s Note: 1944]. All of...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 6
On 23 April [Annotators Note: 23 April 1945] Mancel Kirk and his fellow 168th Infantry Regiment GIs were taken by truck...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 6
Paluch believes that it is very important that institutions like the World War II Museum preserve the stories of people...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 6
Currey left the burning house. He ran for the American line. They stayed in a defensive position that night. The next...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 6
They [Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote and his older bother] went to gunnery school and did not know where they were...
Jackson, Donald Segment 6
They had a point system [Annotator's Note: in regards to how soon 1 was discharged] depending on various factors like...
Bell, Bryan Segment 6
Bell has trouble bringing up exactly what his unit was doing at the time because he remembers it as a, "constant...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 6
Schmedemann's career was in his hands. He wanted to go to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth,...
Doi, Michael Segment 6
Michael Doi believes that the war did not change his personality. Doi was an athlete in high school. He was a pole...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 6
One of Biddle's squad members was ordered to cut a piece of wire. He went up to cut the wire as ordered by an officer...
Christie, Robert Segment 6
Robert Christie notes that in the war all of the high philosophical things go out of the window. To actually see it and...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 6
Freddie Ohr had an aerial photographer in his group who had just come out of the photography school in Denver. He asked...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 6
When Steve Pisanos was in Vietnam he was to drop weapons and food to a convoy that was lost in the jungle. He got close...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...
Woods, Edward Segment 6
Woods was upset after the war because he wasn't given the benefits of the G.I. Bill. A friend of his his who had been...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 6
Leonard Spivey did not have a full crew for the mission. On the Schweinfurt mission Spivey was the squadron lead...
Noack, John Segment 6
John Noack had a premonition on the day he was shot down that he was not going to come home that day. Noack felt like...
Baynham, James Segment 6
Baynham recalls writing a couple of postcards per month. His folks wrote a lot but he only received a couple of letters...
Crain, Joe Segment 6
Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...
Hawk, John Segment 6
President Harry S. Truman was convinced to come to the west coast [Annotator’s Note: to award Hawk with the Medal of...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 6
During the first attack the Germans walked toward Milosevich's position. No tanks were sent at them for fear that they...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 6
Lynn Compton remembers going through Carentan without any resistance. When the bullets started coming the men were...
Crain, Joe Segment 6
There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain. He cannot recall the troops he brought in...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 6
Ardell Bollinger did not learn the names of the people who helped him or where he stayed because Bollinger thought he...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 6
They were supposed to leave around 4 p.m., but they were delayed because the area around Schweinheim had not been...
Spencer, David Segment 6
David Paul Spencer heard about the end of the war through the paper. Spencer remembers that he had to go through...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 6
Charles Scheffel met up with the 9th Infantry Division near the airport in Algiers. It was the 9th Division's job to...
Mann, Karl Segment 6
Mann landed in Southern France early in the morning [Annotator's Note: the morning of 15 August 1944]. He went ashore...
Weinart, John Segment 6
John Weinart notes that the previous story was probably the closest he ever got to being killed. It was not an unusual...

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