European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Blake, Christopher Wartime Service and Postwar Activities
Christopher Blake was born in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in 1921, but spent most of his life in...
MacCallum, Florence Wartime Wedding
Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...
Tyner, Grover War’s End
Grover Tyner was sent overseas to Naples, Italy, and operated a medical dispensary with the 310th Bomb Group [Annotator...
Foy, John War’s End
Toward the end of the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive,...
Colgan, William War’s End
William Colgan served overseas with the 79th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force and flew in P-40s [...
Murman, John War’s End & Occupation Duty
John Edmund Murman, assigned to the USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103), left Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor,...
Gomberg, Clarence "Code" War’s End & Postwar
Clarence Gomberg served as a medic on Hospital Train 5, also referred to as the 78th Hospital Train. The first time he...
Wisnia, David War’s End and Coming to America
In March 1945, David S. Wisnia had escaped Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau,...
Payn, Thomas War’s End and Discharge
Thomas Payn discussed how the allied ships detected U-boats [Annotator's Note: German submarines], and what happened...
Schraub, Jesse War’s End and Discharge
Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortarman in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...
Campbell, John War’s End and False Histories
The war was over and John Scott Campbell was working at Montgomery Ward [Annotator's Note: American department store...
Weinreich, Frieda War’s End and Liberation
Frieda Weinreich remembered two girls who ran away from a work camp and ended up coming to the Parschnitz Slave Labor...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" War’s End and Liberation
[Annotator’s Notes: Lewis Thomas Easterling, a fighter pilot in the 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, 9th...
Cross, William War’s End and Liberation
William V. Cross [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division] crossed the...
Barnett, William War’s End and Occupation Duty
William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] first saw a dead G.I. [...
Ryan, John War’s End and Occupation of Germany
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day,...
Resta, Francis "Fran" War’s End and Occupation of Germany
Asked if he had interacted with any of the Russians, Francis Resta remembered working with them to gather the displaced...
Meyers, William War’s End and Postwar
William S. Meyers, Jr. [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 929th Field Artillery Battalion, 104th Infantry Division]...
Cottrell, Edwin War’s End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Edwin B. Cottrell and his unit...
Hissey, Paul War’s End and Postwar
Paul Hissey remembered when the war ended all the fighter planes were destroyed because they did not want them to fall...
Paschal, Robert War’s End and Postwar
Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...
Newton, Cecil War’s End and Postwar
Cecil J. V. Newton fought with the 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division in Koblenz, Germany in March 1945....
Ollar, Vernon War’s End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Before the Germans...
Douglas, Walter War’s End and Postwar Service
Walter Douglas was stationed at Pine Castle Air Base [Annotator's Note: Orlando, Florida] and he thought he may be...
Whelan, Robert War’s End, Returning Home, and Back to Civilian Life
Robert Whelan was able to take a tour through the concentration camp at Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau, Germany]...
Lefever, Paul Watching Planes Return from Missions
On days that Paul Lefever didn't fly, he would watch other squadrons take off, identify planes by their numbers, and...
Dahme, Maud We Are All the Same Inside
Maud Dahme stayed with Christian families and attended church with them during the war [Annotator's Note: she had gone...
Bryan, Donald We wanted to fly
Bryan and Kirk Noyes had a very good relationship. Bryan was flying a P-51D10 out of an airfield south of London...
Weber, Norman Weber's Reunion with His Father
Norman Weber’s father was drafted into the German Army in 1941. The family was with him in Poland during 1944. He was...
Brueland, Lowell Wee Speck and Grim Reaper
Lowell Brueland named his Mustang [Annotator’s Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] after his half-...
Siracuse, James Welcome Home Party
They were released [Annotator's Note: from the Army Air Forces]. As soon as that happened, James Siracuse phoned his...
Giller, Edward West Coast to England
In April 1942, after received his pilot's wings, Edward Bonfoy Giller, Jr. was transferred to the newly built Paine...
Barksdale, Battle West Point Military Academy
Battle Malone Barksdale was in H Company [Annotator's Note: Company H - unable to further identify - at the United...
Campbell, John What Roosevelt Knew and Did
John Scott Campbell feels that Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United...

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