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McGee, Charles Flying Combat Missions
Charles McGee liked the P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] because it had more speed...
Brown, Roscoe Flying Combat Missions
Dr. Roscoe Brown's first mission was to a target in Austria. All of the mission targets looked the same from 25,000...
McGee, Charles Flying Combat Missions in Three Wars
When Charles McGee first got to Italy, a lot of work and activity was based around survival. The men would improve...
Sved, Edwin Flying Combat Missions out of Italy
When his crew got to Italy, Edwin Sved said they lived in tents in a farm field, and flew out of a makeshift airstrip...
Cauble, Raymond Flying the B-24
Raymond Cauble just wanted to fly. There was a boy with them on the train to California. When they graduated, he went...
Welch, Darrell Flying the P-38
Darrell Welch was assigned to the 1st Fighter Group [Annotator's Note: 27th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group]. There...
Raner, Norman Fondouk, Tunisia
The area Norman Raner was in was where the eight-inch howitzers [Annotator's Note: M1 eight inch, 203mm howitzer; heavy...
Holt, Thomas Food and Exercise in Camp
For Thomas Michael Holt, the worst part about being a prisoner of war was not having food. One American officer was a...
LaPorta, Edward Forced March From Stalag III-B to Stalag II-B and Liberation
One morning a German officer who spoke English entered the room [Annotator's Note: in their barracks at Stalag III-B in...
Clark, Earl Formation of the International Federation of Mountain Soldiers
Earl Ervin Clark [Annotator's Note: while serving as a supply officer for the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...
Hairston, Joseph Fort Huachuca
Joseph Hairston ended up at a camp 100 miles south of Tucson [Annotator's Note: Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona...
Mancuso, Frank France and Returning Home
Frank Mancuso next went to Bessence [Annotators Note: unsure of spelling], France where his commanding officer gave him...
Wells, Raymond Friendly Fire
Lafferty, Ralph Friendship
One of Ralph F. Lafferty's friends had been a ski instructor before the war. He was a wonderful skier, and they became...
Van der Pool, Ivan Friendships
There was a barber in Ivan Van der Pool's company [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment,...
Peterson, Carl Friendships, Military Decorations, and Reflections
Carl Peterson doesn't know how the war changed him. He has his own views on how things should be. His wife gets on him...
Duffy, Donald From a Cleveland Boy to an Infantryman
Donald Louis Duffy was born in February 1924 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His father worked in a factory until he...
Howard, William From Anzio to Rome
William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...
Osgood, Edgar From England to Morocco
Edgar De Pue Osgood loved Great Britain because they had very attractive girls in the Red Cross. They were put in...
Hatala, Albert From Europe to the Pacific
Not long after the Germans surrendered, Albert Hatala's battalion [Annotator's Note: Hatala was a member of...
Chaisson, Roland From Louisiana to Sicily to England
Roland Chaisson was born in 1924 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He went to high school there and played football until he...
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....
Gatlin, Carl From North Africa to Sicily
[Annotator's Note: An off-camera male interjects throughout this clip.] Carl Robert Gatlin and his regiment [Annotator'...
LaPorta, Edward From Reggio di Calabria to Stalag III-B
Edward LaPorta does not recall the date he was captured at Kasserine Pass in North Africa. He believes that the reason...
Gatlin, Carl From Rome to France
[Annotator's Note: An off-camera male interjects throughout this clip.] Carl Robert Gatlin and his regiment [Annotator'...
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...
Ngai, Johnny From Southern France to Germany
Johnny Ngai did not do any special training for the landing in Southern France. They were physically fit. He only had...
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...
Baughman, Harry Garrison Duty at Fort Polk and Memorable Events
During the Korean War, Harry Baughman was a battalion commander at Fort Polk, Louisiana and searched for a way to keep...
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...
Dietrick, Alfred German Soldiers and Weapons
Alfred Dietrick thinks the Germans had a well disciplined Army. The German soldier had it drilled into his mind that...
Holt, Thomas German versus Italian Camps
Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Ranger Battalion who was taken prisoner by the...
Sichler, George German Weapons
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Sichler about different German weapons used against him.] Every night...
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