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Reluga, Matthew Silver Star Actions
Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died in April [Annotator's...
Ornelles, Emory Silver Star Patrol
Emory Maurice Ornelles and the 90th Infantry Division was transferred from the 1st Army to the 3rd Army under General...
Rogers, John Silver Star, Two Weeks' Leave and Going Home
John Rogers left Frank [Annotator's Note: Lieutenant Frank Jones of Detroit, Michigan] in charge. They went to the...
Linkous, Melvin Simmons
Melvin Linkous was in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of the war. The people were friendly. He gave a lady a drink...
Zerphey, Winfield Sinking a German U-Boat
Winfield Zerphey and the crew of his Consolidated PB4Y [Annotator's Note: the PB4Y was the US Navy variant of the...
Marr, John W Situation at Cauquigny
 Lieutenant John Marr crossed the bridge at La Fiere with a group of about 75 men from Company G, 507th Parachute...
Eakes, Thomas Six Battle Stars, Home, and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Eakes served in the US Army Air Forces with the 713th Bombardment Squadron, 448th Bombardment...
Nickerson, Edward Six Missions and Postwar Career
Edward Nickerson remembers little black puffs of smoke on a mission when they were shooting at him. He remembers...
Quigley, Tom Slapton Sands and D-Day Landing
Tom Quigley jumped on a train and made his way with the other soldiers down to central England to a military base at...
Chandler, Howard Slave Labor
Howard Chandler was a forced laborer for the Germans in an ammunition factory and lumber mill. [Annotator's Note:...
Max, Robert Slave Labor
Robert Max believes the German sergeant truly thought he was sending Max to a camp where the Geneva Convention was...
Klein, Gerda Slave Labor and Camp Life
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was in slave labor camp in Poland, can be very difficult to understand at points...
Aigner, Leslie Slave Laborer and Survivor
Leslie Aigner was working on a six foot thick concrete roof when a man fell in the steel reinforcement structure while...
Kerner, John Slipping Through Enemy Lines
John Kerner was in the Battle of Mortain [Annotator's Note: Operation Lüttich, German counterattack during Battle of...
Schloss, Eva Slowly Losing ther Rights, Deportation, and Going into Hiding
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Cottrell, Edwin Small Town Life
[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Edwin B. Cottrell was in...
Schneider, Christa Social Dynamics
Christa Schneider's mother worked in an office before the war and met her husband there. Although he was not inclined...
Leopold, Vernon Some of the Guys
Vernon Leopold only really remembers the members of the I...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Sonderkommando Prisoner Revolt
Itka Zygmuntowicz had no information and no idea about the war or world outside of Auschwitz. A girl was there [...
Mills, George Southern Boy to Army Soldier
George F. Mills was born in Spencer, Tennessee in May 1921. His family moved to Rock Island, Tennessee where his father...
Brannan, Joseph Southern France
Joseph Brannan was stationed in Southern France after being based in Italy. In France, liberty was more available than...
Field, Richard Southern France
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Baker, Bernard Southern France
Bernard Baker boarded a LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] and landed in Saint-Tropez, France, on 15 August...
Coolidge, Charles Southern France and Combat Exhaustion
When Charles Coolidge landed in Southern France there was little opposition after the major shelling the Germans took...
Zuras, Nicholas Southern France Invasion
Nicholas J. Zuras was on the USS Barnett (APA-5), which formed part of the landing force in Southern France [Annotator'...
Miller, Irving Southern France, the Bulge and Frostbite
Irving Miller landed in the French Riviera near Saint-Maxime [Annotator's Note: Saint-Maxime, France]. The equipment...
Thomas, Kenneth Souvenirs
Kenneth F. Thomas shows some of his souvenirs from World War 2. Some of the items include his medic armband, items he...
Rogers, John Souvenirs, Postwar Career, Family and College Athletics
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with John Rogers showing a map to the camera which has different code words on...
Aigner, Eva Speaking About the Holocaust and Memorials
Eva Aigner and her husband decided to leave. They left through Austria and ended up in the United States. It is not...
Yates, Herman Speaking French
Herman Yates unloaded and went through Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lô, France] and headed down toward Paris [...
Wolf, Robert Speaking German and Germans
Robert Wolf carried an M1 rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]....
Willette, Edward Special Services
Edward G. Willette was in Verviers, Belgium, and wrote home quite often. One of his letters described how, when the...
Lomax, Charles "Charlie" Special Task Force D-Day Mission
Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...
Boeke, Robert Specialized Training
Robert Boeke went to infantry training school which was 16 weeks of training at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort...

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