European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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The guard spoke to Lyle Bouck in German and stuck the barrel of his weapon against Bouck's stomach. Bouck heard a snap...
Clarence Anderson's group came across a straggling B-17 and decided to head out to escort it. While they were on their...
Theodore Finkbeiner took part in the famous river crossing during Operation Market Garden [Annotators Note: the...
Clinton Gardner notes that Elie Wiesel and his father were in the little camp at Buchenwald. Wiesel was in the camp...
John Luckadoo was the operations officer of the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Zawada recalls the drive being very easy [Annotator's Note: during the Hammelburg raid as a member of Task Force Baum...
Henry Phillips feels that the French Legion of Honor affair is a wonderful thing, especially in light of the French...
The Germans repaired Kalil's mouth and jaw. He did not mind it. He remembers the worst part was them cutting him open...
Robert Shoens sent a telegram to his wife in Maine to let her know that he was coming home soon. There were a bunch of...
When Lou Brissie returned to the United States he first went to Finney General Hospital then to Northington General...
Richard Ford was told to move inland as fast as he could after he crossed the flooded area. He thought it was...
Robert Murphy first returned to Normandy in 1961 then again in 1964. In 1961 he met Madame Renaud. Murphy worked on the...
It would get cold on the hike. They would start the hike at camp and would end the hike at the hospital. It was a 20...
Rankin had his own plush Gooney Bird [Annotator's Note: nickname for Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" transport aircraft] in...
When Mancel Kirk was in the Anzio beachhead the only time they could get out [Annotators Note: of their foxholes] was...
Currey talks to school kids, some of which are about the age he was during the war. He tells them that if the situation...
Barney Old Coyote and his brother were able to interview other Crows who served during the war in the late 1940s. They...
Schmedemann doesn't exactly remember where the cannon company [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment...
Freddie Ohr sat down and everybody sat around him to keep him warm. Ohr got up and looked around and realized there was...
While hiding out in Paris Steve Pisanos was picked up by a resistance operative who took him to church. When they got...
Leonard Spivey lived in a combine, which was a group of six prisoners in one living space. They were allowed to stay...
John Noack notes that it was a sad day when they returned to base. Everyone was down about it. Too many of the guys...
When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...
Hawk says that the toughest 10 years of his life were after the war. He was trying to be the breadwinner, a Romeo, and...
The one thing that stands out the most in Milosevich's mind about the Battle of the Bulge was that he expected a bullet...
Lynn Compton never found Lieutenant Dike [Annotators Note: Norman S. Dike] when he went to search for him while his men...
Crain watched about the first 10 minutes of the movie "Saving Private Ryan." He is normally able to keep his emotions...
Ardell Bollinger noticed large castles in India whereas others lived in shacks. Bollinger lived in India for about a...
As they got closer to Hammelburg, they were attacked by German Hetzers [Annotator's Note: German light tank destroyer...
Only five men survived from the fight on the hilltop. It was the first time Charles Scheffel was wounded. A German had...
Aschaffenburg, Germany was secured quickly. The Germans sent word that they wanted to surrender but would only do so to...
Galloway is not entirely sure how long he watched the German and American units fight it out at the Hurtgen Forest....
Richard Candelaria was set to Camp Lucky Strike in Le Havre, France. He had been accustomed to his accommodations prior...
Alexander Jefferson listened to the BBC radio at the POW camp, but had no idea about the landings in Southern France....
John Keema’s crew was forced to abort and did not fly the Schweinfurt mission. Münster was Keema’s fifteenth mission...
Joseph Armanini explains how he never thought or worried about dying, he was more worried about his mother not knowing...

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