Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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Mancuso, Frank France and Returning Home
Frank Mancuso next went to Bessence [Annotators Note: unsure of spelling], France where his commanding officer gave him...
Barnes, Walter From New Orleans to Anzio
Walter Barnes was born in New Orleans and grew up on Webster Street in the Uptown neighborhood. Life was good for him....
Coolidge, Charles From Rome to Southern France
Charles Coolidge passed through Rome and went as far as Roccastrada where the Germans turned and surrounded the...
Halpern, Gerard From Virginia to Anzio
For Gerard Halpern the trip from the United States to Italy was unremarkable except that they ran out of food near the...
Broll, Walter German Air Raid on Bari Harbor
Walter Broll saw the raid on Bari, Italy start at about 7:30 at night while the Grace Abbott's cargo was being...
Burriss, Thomas German Border
After the bridge [Annotator’s Note: Nijmegen Bridge] was secured, T. Moffatt Burriss and his outfit were moved to a...
McGovern, George German Flak and Losing a Navigator
The missions George McGovern flew usually required between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds of bombs, with ten of those bombs...
Hairston, Joseph German Prisoners and Combat in Italy
After the shooting [Annotator's Note: white officers shooting black soldiers after fight in Louisiana], Joseph Hairston...
Wells, Raymond Germany and Retirement
After coming back to the United States Raymond Wells took a train to meet his wife in Aberdeen, North Dakota. On the...
Smith, Rothacker Getting Hit
Rothacker Smith entered Sommocolonia on 1 December [Annotator's Note: 1 December 1944] and his last day there was 28...
Reynolds, Harley Getting up the bluffs
Harley Reynolds turned left after getting to the top of the bluff. A man passed Reynolds and tripped a mine which...
Coolidge, Charles Going Home
Charles Coolidge discusses his reunion with his family. When he got to Camp Atterbury he went to the Top Sergeant and...
McGovern, George Going Home, Close Calls, and Military Decorations
On their way back to the United States, they [Annotator's Note: George McGovern and his crew] had to make a stop in the...
Broll, Walter Going to Sea
Walter Broll sailed north of Iceland on his first convoy. The ship zig-zagged over the course of the voyage. He did...
Yatsu, Lawrence Gothic Line
[Annotator's Note: Lawrence Yatsu served in the Army as a BAR man in Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd...
Reynolds, Harley Hill 609
Harley Reynolds notes that when the sun went down that night fighters would sweep over German positions dropping flares...
McGovern, George Hit Over Linz and Prefering the B-24
When they [Annotator's Note: George McGovern and the men on his aircrew] got back to the field they realized they had...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Holland
After the 82nd Airborne Division finished combat operations in Normandy, Clinton Riddle and the men of the 325th Glider...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Holland and the Battle of the Bulge
During the invasion of Normandy, Clinton Riddle and most of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment landed in British Horsa...
Field, Richard Hospital Stay and Postwar Berlin
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Yoshihashi, Tokuji Internment of Japanese Americans
In January or February 1942 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which allowed for the internment of...
Yatsu, Lawrence Introduction and Early Life
Lawrence Yatsu served as a replacement with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion. He...
Spaetgens, William Invasion of Sicily
William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...
Halpern, Gerard Invasion of Southern France
Gerard Halpern and his fellow soldiers of the 45th Infantry Division spent the six weeks after the fall of Rome doing...
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....
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...
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 shortly after the 442nd Regimental Combat Team suffered...
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...
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...
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...

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