Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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Radford, Charles Segment 5
They were trained to kill or be killed. They did what they were trained to do and did what they were ordered to do....
Baker, Vernon Segment 5
Vernon Baker arrived in Italy on around 28 June 1944. His Medal of Honor action did not happen until the following year...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 5
Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...
Phillips, Henry Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Henry Phillips served in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division.] By...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 5
Inouye helped liberate a village as well. One of the churches in the village had a high steeple. He asked the priest if...
Barfoot, Van Segment 5
In Vietnam, Barfoot found the news different from the perspective he got from it in the United States. He saw and heard...
McGee, Charles Segment 5
Col. Davis became the commander. When the Air Force became a separate service they reactivated the 332nd Fighter Group...
Nerison, James "Jim" Segment 5
James Nerison had an upper bunk in the PT boat [Annotators Note: PT-305] and he was not able to see out of the boat. He...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 5
When Edward LaPorta was in training all of the guys in the outfit were very good friends. After going through their...
Blonder, Erwin Segment 5
Blonder feels that it is very important to have a museum that preserves the history of the war, like the World War II...
Hochadel, Joseph Segment 5
Joseph Hochadel landed in the second wave at Anzio and they unpacked their aid station into a jeep. They commandeered...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 5
Wilburn K. Ross had his molars knocked out in France by shrapnel. His company commander had sent him and about eight of...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 5
Barney Old Coyote’s unit received Presidential Unit Citations for the job they did in bombing bases in the...
Peterson, Carl Segment 5
They landed in Sicily at a little town called Gela. It was still dark when they landed and the Germans were shooting at...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 5
John Vessey learned a lot from his 34th Infantry Division leaders. His experience in North Africa colored his outlook...
Doi, Michael Segment 5
Michael Doi does not recall hearing about the death of President Roosevelt. Doi made a lot of Caucasian friends on the...
Dennis, David Segment 5
[Annotators Note: David Dennis served as a radio operator in Company D, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 5
Freddie Ohr flew in a P-64 and a P-35. He cannot find the P-64 in modern books about fighters. Both were forerunners to...
Holloman, William Segment 5
A friend of Holloman’s in a MATS [Annotator's Note: Military Air Transport Service] unit needed an operations officer....
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was...
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...
Scheffel, Charles "Charlie" Segment 5
The French Foreign Legion decided to fight with the Allies. Charles Scheffel stayed in the tunnel in Algiers that night...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 5
Kanaya felt that living during the Depression years and learning to live under those conditions, working and living on...
Brown, Roscoe Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Dr. Roscoe Brown served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot in the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 5
Alexander Jefferson named his plane “Margot” after his classmate’s sister. She attended graduation when Jefferson...
Martello, Dominic Segment 5
Martello recalled having to carry a wounded German soldier after being captured. He had been shot. Martello fell down...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 5
Kassal recalls the 12th Tactical Air Command's headquarters were setup at Caserta, just north of Naples. They were...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 5
Ehlers moved his squad up the hill to the trenches [Annotator’s Note: during D-Day Normandy 6 June 1944]. They fought...
Chaisson, Roland Segment 6
Chaisson was in the 1st Division [Annotator's Note: US Army's 1st Infantry Division] in B Company, 16th Infantry...
Radford, Charles Segment 6
Italy was different fighting then North Africa. In North Africa it was mostly wide open plains with rolling hills. In...
Baker, Vernon Segment 6
Vernon Baker continues to describe his Medal of Honor actions in Italy. He began cutting wire on the hill. The wire was...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 6
Theodore Finkbeiner and his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Phillips, Henry Segment 6
[Annotators note: Henry Phillips was the operations officer in 3rd Battalion Headquarters, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 6
Inouye respects the United States because they were able to say after the war that it was wrong that Japanese-Americans...
Barfoot, Van Segment 6
Barfoot has returned to Italy and France, but not back to Vietnam. He went all over France and Germany. He returned at...
McGee, Charles Segment 6
When McGee first got to Italy, a lot of work and activity was based around survival. The men would improve their living...

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