Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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LaPorta, Edward Segment 15
When Edward LaPorta was in North Africa they wore a combat suit. At night they put on heavier clothes because it gets...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 15
Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....
Scheffel, Charles Segment 15
Charles Scheffel located the headquarters of the 39th Infantry Regiment. He reported to the colonel who was glad to see...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 15
During that period, the Russian prisoners got along with the American prisoners. One of them made a cigarette case for...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 16
Freddie Ohr realized the weather was bad. The ground crew said no one could fly. Ohr stayed a couple of nights in Paris...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 16
Charles Scheffel laid there and must have passed out. His executive officer told him that Morotti [Annotators Note:...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 16
Kanaya had no idea if everyone made it back. They got off of the train in Chicago; there was a train from the Pacific...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 17
Freddie Ohr had a lot of things happened to him. The first guy Ohr encountered really tried to make it tough on him....
Ohr, Freddie Segment 18
Freddie Ohr thought that it was an exciting mission [Annotators Note: See Freddie Ohr Segment 17]. He thought that...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 19
Freddie Ohr learned that his uncle had flown as a top turret gunner in B-25 bombers based in Africa. Ohr did not know...
Chaisson, Roland Segment 2
In late April 1944 they were put on special alert. They were put on trucks and were taken through Southampton to an...
Radford, Charles Segment 2
Roosevelt [Annotator’s Note: General Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr.], from the 1st Division helped to train the men....
Baker, Vernon Segment 2
Vernon Baker went to Camp Wolters, Texas for basic training and experienced segregation. He got onto a bus when he...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 2
Theodore Finkbeiner shipped out of Cape Cod aboard the USS George Washington [Annotators Note: SS George Washington] in...
Phillips, Henry Segment 2
Henry Phillips' regiment went through a series of disasters during the battle. One full company was bush whacked by the...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 2
Inouye realized that there were problems in every state. Segregation in the south was a problem. He was confident that...
Barfoot, Van Segment 2
Barfoot and the 45th Infantry Division went on up into the mountains around the 2nd of January, 1944. They moved out of...
McGee, Charles Segment 2
Leadership attitudes in McGee's unit helped to form a bond between the men. McGee's first flight was in the PT-17 [...
Nerison, James "Jim" Segment 2
James Nerison learned how to handle the boat, fix the engine, and operate the radio equipment. He was also versed in...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 2
Edward LaPorta was a member of the 1st Armored Division. The first tanks they had overseas were riveted together. They...
Blonder, Erwin Segment 2
Blonder remembers Marty Higgins sent a sergeant and 35 men back to battalion headquarters for supplies and to see if...
Hochadel, Joseph Segment 2
Joseph Hochadel was in combat shortly after patching up the chaplain. Hochadel recalls getting a call about some...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 2
Wilburn K. Ross was on a ship heading through the Straits of Gibraltar when an announcement was made that Germany had...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 2
By the time Barney Old Coyote got out of the service the letter [Annotators Note: see Barney Old Coyote Segment 1] had...
Peterson, Carl Segment 2
They shipped out in late September [Annotator's Note: September 1942] and landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942....
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 2
John Vessey and his unit headed to Fort Dix to prepare to go overseas. They were supposed to go on a French ship but it...
Doi, Michael Segment 2
When Michael Doi and the rest of the 100th Battalion were on the French Italian border they were allowed passes to go...
Dennis, David Segment 2
David Dennis does not recall when or how he learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor but does recall hearing that the...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 2
Freddie Ohr and his family moved to a place where they could not find any meat. They had a bunch of cats and his mother...
Holloman, William Segment 2
In 1940 Holloman had attempted to volunteer for the Canadian Air Force. He filled out the application and his father...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 2
Charles Scheffel got married on 27 March 1942. He cut his college hours down so he could go on a honeymoon. Scheffel...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 2
An interesting thing happened while Kanaya was there. They had a patient that needed a blood transfusion every day....
Brown, Roscoe Segment 2
Dr. Roscoe Brown feels that Washington D.C. was an ambivalent city when it came to race. When they got to Virginia they...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 2
Alexander Jefferson traveled from Walterboro to Hampton Roads, Virginia by boat across the ocean to Naples. From Naples...

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