European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Blunt, Rockie War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt served with the 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division...
Smith, Charles War's End
Charles R. Smith [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry...
Weber, Norman War's End
Norman Weber has a significant and raw memory of how the war ended. The family had to flee their home. It was the end...
Bronstein, Isador War's End
Isadore Bronstein advanced but his company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th...
Kofsky, Bernard War's End
Bernard Kofsky's [Annotator's Note: with the 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] worst mission was in Schweinfurt [...
Urice, Joe War's End
Joel Urice remembers the plane “Our Gal Sal” [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in the 100th...
Ridyard, Herbert War's End
Herbert W. Ridyard joined the 94th Division [Annotator's Note: Ridyard served on a heavy machine gun crew in Company H...
Dullnig, Roland War's End
Shortly after the invasion of Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944...
Faust, Virgil War's End
Virgil Faust was a prisoner of war [Annotator's Note: in Stalag XVII-B, Austria] during World War 2. Towards the end of...
Carter, Donald War's End
Don Carter's outfit's [Annotator's Note: Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division] second...
Grimes, Vernon War's End
When Vernon Grimes sent to Port Moresby, New Guinea [Annotator's Note: as part of the 64th Bombardment Squadron, 43rd...
Splichal, William War's End
William Splichal would write down the dates and towns of the places he went to in his diary. He went to Paris [...
Byrnes, William War's End
William E. Byrnes rejoined his platoon [Annotator's Note: in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd...
Ross, Hartsel War's End
Hartsel Ross set sail on a ship loaded with cargo that was needed in the Pacific. The ship crossed through the Panama...
Coop, Willard War's End
Willard Haul "Jack" Coop [Annotator's Note: with the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Taliancich, Joseph War's End
Joseph Taliancich remembers his unit [Annotator's Note: 443rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] got to the Battle of...
Jucksch, William "Bill" War's End
Also memorable to William Jucksch was meeting a Russian field outfit, similar to his own forward element, coming from...
Cresswell, Robert War's End
Robert Nichols Cresswell [Annotator’s Note: a truck driver in the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion] was bivouacked with...
Gustafson, Gerald War's End
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment. Interviewee has...
McCowen, William War's End
William McCowen had little interaction with the local population while stationed at a replacement depot outside of...
Feldman, Henry War's End
Henry Feldman had no problems with his feet during the cold and harsh winter [Annotator's Note: winter of 1944 to 1945...
McNeely, Walter War's End
During World War 2, Walter McNeely was working as a spy in Germany, collecting information to pass on to the French...
Chambers, Eugene War's End
On Eugene W. Chambers' first or second mission [Annotator's Note: while serving with the 406th Night Leaflet Squadron,...
Gibb, Owen War's End
Owen Gibb remembers they always diverted to an American airfield to get hot dogs and ice cream. Gibb met his wife in a...
Allegrezza, Johnny War's End
Johnny Allegrezza went back to France in 1980. He went to see some of his buddies who were buried in the cemetery there...
Auerbach, Gerald War's End
In late May 1945, Gerald Auerbach's crew was chosen to become the lead crew in the squadron [Annotator's Note: 881st...
Leavy, Eugene War's End
As the war was nearing its end, Eugene T. Leavy and a friend went into Backnang [Annotator’s Note: Backnang, Germany]...
Mammino, Joseph War's End & Postwar
After being wounded in Italy, Joseph John Mammino’s family was sent a telegram stating that he had been killed in...
Bednarik, Chuck War's End & Reflections
[Annotator’s Note: During this segment, there is talking audible in the background] Chuck Bednarik served as a waist...
Barber, Ernest War's End & Reflections
After the war, Ernest Barber went back to school using the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...
Tindal, Sullivan War's End and Atomic Bombs
Sullivan Tindal did not write too much to his family while he was in Europe because he did not have a lot of time and...
Raby, Glynn War's End and Discharge
Glynn G. Raby, Jr. was transferred to the 3rd Army and moved to Czechoslovakia. They arrived in pro-German territory,...
Moxon, Milton War's End and Discharge from the Army
Milton Moxon was evacuated to a military hospital in England after being severely wounded in Germany. He remained there...
Watson, Donald War's End and Going Home
Donald G. Watson stayed a month in Austria on occupation duty after the war's end then moved to Augsburg, Austria [...
Phillips, James War's End and Going Home
James W. Phillips recalled that the warfare felt less heavy after the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Zuras, Nicholas War's End and Homecoming
Nicholas J. Zuras made his way through Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], and proceeded to join an...

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