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Madden, Paul Taking Saarlautern
Paul Hilton Madden Jr. was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division as a...
Creek, Roy Taking the La Fiere Causeway
Roy Creek recalls a misunderstanding surrounding Bob Ray [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity] and the 325 [...
Baumgarten, Harold Talking About D-Day and Educating Future Generations
Harold Baumgarten relives what he was thinking while he was in his landing craft coming up to Omaha Beach. He said all...
Langrehr, Henry Tank Battle at Neuville-au-Plain, France
Henry Langrehr served under two commanders, Vandervoort [Annotator's Note: US Army Colonel Benjamin Hayes "Vandy"...
Redmond, Leroy Tank Commander
Leroy Redmond was in Combat Command A, 14th Armored Division, as a tank commander. It was a lot of responsibility and...
Del Monte, Jack Tank Crewman in Europe
Jack Albert Del Monte had never been in a tank before being given two days of training on how to drive one. He was then...
Trauner, Walter Tank Destroyer Unit
Walter Trauner did not get into any hand-to-hand combat with the Germans. They moved forward again after the Bulge [...
Spint, Robert Tank Destroyers and Gliders
When Robert Spint first went in the TDs [Annotator's Note: tank destroyers; Spint was a member of the 651st Tank...
Wombacher, Delbert Tank Field Trials and Patton
After the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: series of Army exercises held in Louisiana in 1941], Delbert Wombacher...
White, Charles Tank Warfare
Charles White remembers traveling at night was bad. They could only proceed based on the exhaust from the tank in front...
Rice, Darold Tank Warfare
Darold Rice and his last member of his machine gun crew set the gun up in a ditch by the crossroad and hunkered down...
Albertson, Arthur Tank Warfare
Arthur Albertson did not see a concentration camp until quite some time later. He saw the ones where they [Annotator's...
Mason, Raymond Tank Warfare
Raymond Mason is looking at a map. [Annotator’s Note: Mason points out positions on the map to the interviewer.] They...
Savoie, Oscar Tank Warfare in Europe
Oscar H. Savoie was sent overseas to Europe during World War 2. He was placed in his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 70th...
Jindra, Leonard Tank Warfare, Being Wounded, and Returning Home
Leonard Jindra [Annotator's Note: an infantryman in the Company F, 2nd Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th...
Belcher, Lewis Tanks and Mines
Lewis E. Belcher [Annotator's Note: wounded in action in Germany as a tank commander in Company B, 11th Tank Battalion...
Mancuso, Frank Tanks, Mules, and Terrain of Monte Cassino
Frank Mancuso served in an antitank company in the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He had a platoon of...
Fouts, Henry Targets of Attack
One of the targets Henry Sherman Fouts flew to [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment...
Klimas, Irvin Targets off Normandy
The Germans had several towers with radars on them that Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS...
Franzky, Gerhard Tarnopol and Normandy
Gerhard Franzky was attached as a radioman to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Regiment, 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsburg"....
Klimas, Irvin Task Force and D-Day
In the early part of 1944, Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] were put in a...
McKay, Edgar Task Force Baum to Return Home
Edgar L. McKay and others received orders [Annotator's Note: from US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.] to...
Moskin, Alan Teaching Kids Today
Alan Moskin went to Syracuse [Annotator's Note: in Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York] when he was 17 and got his...
Nesser, William Teaching Sailors
William Nesser went to the Army Transportation Corps. When he got there, the USS Kermanshah [Annotator's Note: SS...
Peniche, Ed Teamwork
Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal has nothing against John Wayne [Annotator's Note: born Marion Robert Morrison, an...
Redmond, Leroy Tearing Through Europe
Leroy Redmond started at Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: Fort Dix, New Jersey] and was then sent to Camp Breckenridge,...
Goldstein, Rosette Telling the Story of Survival
Rosette Goldstein decided to begin speaking in public of her experiences during the Holocaust as a result of her trip...
Coolidge, Charles Ten Day Pass and Medal of Honor Ceremony
In January or February 1945 the company commander called Charles Coolidge to the company CP [Annotators note: Command...
Zoltz, Hana Ten Years in Palestine
Hana Zoltz witnessed the continuing prejudice against the Jews when she returned to Poland after the war. She and other...
Richard, Martin Terrible Losses
Martin Richard does not really recall his first debriefing on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Harris, Whitney Testimony on Auschwitz
In all of the investigations, Whitney Harris said, survivors of the concentration camp at Auschwitz came forward with...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Testing Aircraft
Following his duty at McConnell Airbase in Wichita, Kansas, Enrique Cervantes was assigned to test aircraft in the...
Mancuso, Frank Texas and Florida
Frank Mancuso landed in Charleston, South Carolina then he travelled on a hospital train to McKinney, Texas and then to...
Niederer, James Texas Boy to Army Man
James “Jim” William Niederer was born in January 1921 in Waco, Texas. He grew up with 5 siblings and his mother died...

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