Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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Gilbert, Lawrence Italian Campaign
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 1st Ranger Battalion] were able to secure a...
Estes, Bruce Italian Campaign & Southern France Invasion
After basic training, Bruce Estes was shipped to Naples, Italy where he joined a 60mm mortar squad [Annotator's Note:...
Clark, Merrill Italian Spring Offensive
Merrill J. Clark made a slit trench and put half a tent over the top of it [Annotator's Note: in Italy with Company K,...
McCowen, William Italians, Home, and War's End
In Italy, William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces] would only see Italians when he was...
Cole, Edward Italy
Edward C. Cole and his unit [Annotator's Note: 370th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division] never stayed in the...
Banghart, William Italy
William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits. In the letters he wrote, he put...
Mancuso, Frank Italy
The next morning Frank Mancuso is awoken by a lieutenant. He quickly learned that his unit had moved out of the city....
Mannarino, John Italy and North Africa
John Robert Mannarino [Annotator's Note: serving as a translator for the US Army in Italy] was the only one who spoke...
Hayashi, Shizuya Italy and Returning Home
The terrain in Italy was mountainous. Shiyuza Hayashi wonders how people live in the mountains. It must be a tough life...
Leonard, Edward Italy to France
Edward J. Leonard was shipped to Italy in May 1943. The first day they were in combat. Leonard had a map of the area he...
Horn, Arnold Italy to Southern France
Arnold Horn remembers the Italians did not want to fight. He saw the Italians hang Mussolini [Annotator's Note: Italian...
Hairston, Joseph Joining a Segregated Army
Joseph Hairston was born in May 1922 in a log cabin just outside of Martinsville, Virginia. He stayed in Virginia for...
Howard, Taylor Joining the 370th
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] After Taylor Howard worked in a CCC [...
Yatsu, Lawrence Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Lawrence Yatsu went to Fort Meade, Maryland when he left Camp Blanding. From there they went overseas on a troopship....
Yoshihashi, Tokuji Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Tokuji Yoshihashi and his fellow replacements arrived there [Annotator's Note: in France] shortly after the 442nd...
Halpern, Gerard Joining the Army
Gerard Halpern graduated from high school in May or June of 1943. He applied to City College and started classes there...
Pryor, Robert Joining the Army
Robert Clifford Pryor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1920. Growing up during the Great Depression [...
Braunstein, Arthur Joining the Army Air Corps
Arthur Braunstein was born in New York [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in February 1924. His father was a...
Dubay, Henry Joining the Army Air Corps
Henry Dubay was born in July 1923 in Turner’s Falls [Annotator’s Note: Montague, Massachusetts]. He grew up in a “...
Chaisson, Roland Joining the Army, Learning of Pearl Harbor and the Sicilian Campaign
Roland Chaisson volunteered for the Army when he was 17. He didn't like the Navy and the Marine Corps sounded too tough...
Pbert, Herman Joining the Italian Resistance
By 17, Herman Pbert was a construction engineer [Annotator's Note: in Piedicavallo, Italy]. In the meantime, the war...
Goad, Roy Joining the National Guard
[Annotator’s Note: the video glitches throughout the segment.] Roy D. Goad was born in April 1921 in Bell County, Texas...
Dorsey, Eugene Joining the Navy Armed Guard
Eugene Dorsey was born in St. Louis, Missouri in July 1924 and grew up in University City [Annotator’s Note: University...
Broll, Walter Joining the US Merchant Marine
Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...
Heany, Mary Joining the WACs
Mary T. Heany applied for and got the job. [Annotator’s Note: She worked in the wing shop at Boeing] She wore a...
Clark, Earl Journey to Joining the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment
For Earl Ervin Clark to be selected for the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, he had to submit three letters of...
Blanckenburg, William "Bill" Judge Advocate General
Much of what William Blanckenburg is talking about is in his book [Annotators Note: Blankenburg authored a book titled...
Field, Richard Jump Into France
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Howard, William Just Sheer Terror
William Edwin Howard loved his trip overseas on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo...
Reynolds, Harley Kasserine Pass
Harley Reynolds’s 2nd battalion was in Faid Pass when the Germans made an attack to penetrate their lines and take some...
Welch, Darrell Kasserine Pass
Darrell Welch did encounter 190s [Annotator's Note: German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft], which looked a lot like...
Martello, Dominic Kasserine Pass and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: Dominic Martello served in the Army as a half-track driver and gunner in Cannon Company, 39th...
Van der Pool, Ivan Kasserine Pass and El Guettar
Kasserine Pass [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kasserine Pass] was the one time Ivan Van der Pool was told to fix his...
Barnes, Walter Knowing Judo
Walter Barnes did not see much of a change in New Orleans when he returned after the war. Before the war he and his...
Johnson, Alfred Korea
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. joined the National Guard after he returned from World War 2. He worked as an aid for the...

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