European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Weiss, Charlotte Transfer to Geislingen
Mengele [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele] told Charlotte Weiss that Rosalie was not strong enough to go on a...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Transfer to Wendover Field
One day Olen Grant was working on an airplane when a private notified him that someone was waiting to see him in the...
Gross, Ernest Transferred to Dachau
If a prisoner was lucky, he got a potato with his nightly ration of soup. Ernest Gross once watched a man going around...
Balfour, Fred Transferred to Nuremberg
Fred Arthur Balfour [Annotator's Note: SHAEF – Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force] was going to be sent...
Abate, Sam Transferred to the Engineers
In December 1944, Sam V. Abate got sick and was put in 358th Engineers [Annotator's Note: 358th Engineer General...
Sykes, Ralph Transferring to the 1st Infantry Division
After the war ended, Ralph Sykes volunteered to work in the supply section. After a couple of days, Sykes was promoted...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Transformations
For John Witmeyer, every day in combat brought a new story, and Witmeyer served over 200 days on the front lines as a...
Beckman, Kenneth Transit to England and First Combat Mission
Kenneth Beckman trained with one crew prior to being sent overseas, then joined another crew just prior to leaving. He...
Spaulding, Arthur Transition to Civilian Life
Adjusting to civilian life was not easy for Arthur Spaulding, but there were so many others in the same situation. They...
Samet, Judah Transported to Bergen-Belsen
Judah Samet was sent to a large lumber yard [Annotator's Note: The first attempted deportation from Debrecen, Hungary...
Jenkins, Samuel Transported to the Hammelburg POW Camp
Samuel Jenkins was captured by German forces. They were lucky that they were not SS Troops because they would have been...
Wilkins, Byron Traveling Germany as a POW
Byron Othello Wilkins and other POWs worked in a nearby town called Euskirchen. They unloaded boxcars and one man found...
Wilkins, Byron Traveling into Germany by Foxholes
Byron Othello Wilkins packed everything up and moved with the men to Aubel [Annotators Note: Aubel, Belgium]. The 2nd...
Langrehr, Henry Traveling Through Auschwitz to Stalag XII-A
Henry Langrehr and his fellow prisoners of war entered Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz I; Oświęcim, Poland] in a...
Grapes, Opal Treating Combat Wounded
Opal Grapes saw the first patients arriving by midmorning or noon [Annotator’s Note: on D-Day, 6 June 1944]. The...
Morrison, Leila Treating Patients in the Field
Leila Morrison still sees the faces of some of her patients [Annotator's Note: while working as a nurse in the 118th...
Gantz, Walter Treating Physical and Mental Wounds
They [Annotator's Note: Walter "Babe" Gantz and the 95th Medical Battalion] went to Brierley Hill, England. The people...
Kerner, John Treating Severely Wounded Men
After landing in Normandy, John Kerner and his unit [Annotator's Note: 110th Medical Battalion, 35th Infantry Division...
Acevedo, Anthony Treating the Sick and Wounded
When Anthony Acevedo first arrived at Berga he could not see the camp. There were political prisoners there but they...
Thomas, Kenneth Treating the Troops
Kenneth F. Thomas was captured by the Germans one night. One was an SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel; German...
Eisenach, John Treating the Wounded and War’s End
[Annotator’s Note: Can hear airplanes flying overhead throughout segment.] From January until July 1945, John R....
Friedenberg, Bernard Treating the Wounded on D-Day
Bernard Friedenberg found the D-Day Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6...
Angst, Lawrence Treating Wounded Soldiers
The first thing Lawrence Angst did when being shelled was jump in a foxhole. They learned how to protect themselves. He...
Komito, Joseph Treatment by the Germans
Joseph Komito knew most of the people working in his first camp in Mielec [Annotator's Note: his hometown of Mielec,...
Morgan, Fred Tremendous Men and Leadership
Fred B. Morgan, Junior [Annotator's Note: a medic with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry...
Trindal, Wesley Trindals life since WWII
[Annotators Note: Wesley Trindal joined Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division as an...
Murphy, Alfred Trips to London and Brother's Story
Alfred Pierse Murphy would be briefed on missions [Annotator's Note: the missions he flew with the 322nd Bombardment...
Allen, W. "Bill" Trips to Normandy
W. P. “Bill” Allen was a Navy medic assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank]. He developed...
Brunt, Julian Troop Stories
Julian Gould Brunt recalls getting trapped by a barrage and had to seek shelter in some old German foxholes. [Annotator...
Loges, Richard Troops and Southern France
Richard "Dick" Loges was deployed to Italy [Annotator's Note: and assigned to Company H, 2nd Battalion, 180th Infantry...
Danegger, Alfred Troopship to Okinawa
When his company [Annotator's Note: 198th Signal Photographic Company] went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...
Payne, Robert Trouble with Horses
Robert Payne was in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1944 in flight training. It was a small town. What they were doing was well...
Linkous, Melvin Truck Accident
Melvin Linkous was riding in a two and a half ton truck [Annotator's Note: two and a half ton, six by six truck, also...
Harris, Whitney Truth Through Judicial Process
Asked to comment on other post World War 2 trails and tribunals, Whitney Harris brought up the war crimes trial held in...
Fallon, John Trying to Find Bridges
John T. Fallon and the men [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] had to make...
Gustafson, Gerald Trying to Rescue the Lost Battalion
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment. Interviewee has...

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